The South African authorities says much than 53,000 overseas nationals person been deported oregon repatriated since launching a "migration management" run 5 weeks ago.
Most were from Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique, officials say, and the fig is apt to emergence arsenic repatriations and deportations continue.
South Africa is carrying retired 1 of its biggest crackdowns connected undocumented migrants successful years, pursuing weeks of anti-immigration protests that person seen violence, intimidation and looting.
Protesters person been demanding tighter borderline controls and wide deportations, accusing migrants of contributing to precocious unemployment, rising transgression rates and illness of nationalist services.
The UN has warned against utilizing migrants arsenic scapegoats for South Africa's socioeconomic challenges.
Anti-migrant activists person threatened to signifier play protests to unit the authorities until their demands are met, and determination are fears the protests could crook violent.
The demonstrators had acceptable an "unofficial deadline" of 30 June for each undocumented migrants to permission the country, which has seen galore foreigners permission to flight unit and intimidation.
Several countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya, person flown their citizens location successful caller weeks.
Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi announced connected Sunday that 53,499 overseas nationals person been processed for deportation and repatriation, "which is dominated by the Malawians, followed by Zimbabweans and Mozambicans".
"We are striving to execute an orderly and regular migration which is mindful and delicate to the concerns raised by our people, portion observing quality rights and dignity of each radical successful our country, irrespective of their citizenship and migration status," Kubayi told a quality league successful Pretoria.
She said the repatriation and deportation process has helped them drawback radical who were wanted by the constabulary for alleged transgression activity.
Authorities volition proceed to enforce its migration laws, she added, but warned that protesters should not behaviour unauthorised searches of homes and businesses that are suspected of sheltering undocumented migrants.
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged nationalist concerns astir migration but has condemned attacks against migrants, informing citizens against taking the instrumentality into their ain hands.
South Africa is the continent's wealthiest federation and has agelong attracted migrants searching for amended economical opportunities, immoderate of whom participate the illegally.
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