Malawians repatriated from South Africa amid xenophobia concerns

A radical of 150 Malawians repatriated from South Africa amid increasing interest astir xenophobia are owed to get by roadworthy successful their location state connected Monday, the Malawian authorities person said.

The Malawians were "among a fig of overseas nationals" who had "sought refuge successful impermanent camps" successful Mossel Bay, according to a connection from Lilongwe.

Ghana, Nigeria and Zimbabwe person besides organised repatriation efforts aft raising interest astir xenophobia successful South Africa.

Anti-migrant groups are demanding undocumented migrants permission the state - and person acceptable 30 June arsenic a deadline.

In a nationalist code connected Sunday aimed astatine easing tensions, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a raft of caller measures to crackdown connected amerciable migration.

But helium besides warned South Africans not to instrumentality the instrumentality into their ain hands. He told South Africans determination was "no abstraction for xenophobia, racism, sexism, Afrophobia oregon immoderate different forms of intolerance" successful the country.

A radical of 74 Zimbabweans arrived location connected Sunday "following xenophobic attacks" aft being driven from Mossel Bay successful transport organised by the Zimbabwean authorities, state-run media report.

At the extremity of past month, Ghana organised a repatriation flight from Johannesburg for astir 300 of its citizens. A radical of astir 350 much arrived successful Ghana's capital, Accra, astatine the weekend.

Meanwhile, Nigeria has postponed the archetypal planned evacuation formation for 270 of its citizens that was owed to permission connected Monday.

Nigeria's overseas affairs spokesperson Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa said the evacuation "has been rescheduled for Wednesday... owed to unforeseen logistical considerations".

Officials accidental much than 500 Nigerians person truthful acold been screened and cleared for instrumentality arsenic portion of a wider authorities effect to the anti-migrant tensions successful South Africa.

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has approved 5 evacuation flights successful total, with screening and registration of affected citizens extended to Wednesday arsenic authorities proceed processing applicants.

Additional reporting by Makuochi Okafor