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Africa: Lawyers Step In to Help Arrested Migrants
IRIN, 15 May 2015
Human rights lawyers are interviewing hundreds of migrants rounded up last week in night raids by South African police, trying to ascertain if they should be exempt from… Read more »
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South Africa: Hundreds of Mozambicans Deported
Al Jazeera, 17 May 2015
More than 400 Mozambicans have been deported from South Africa, after authorities launched a nationwide operation targeting illegal immigrants in the country, officials said. Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa Repatriates 420 Mozambicans
AIM, 16 May 2015
The South African authorities on Friday repatriated 420 Mozambicans who had been living illegally in South Africa. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: SA Suspends Deportations
The Herald, 15 May 2015
SOUTH AFRICA has temporarily suspended deportations following a legal challenge by a human rights group which argued that it was insensitive for authorities to target foreigners,… Read more »
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Africa: South Africa Under Scrutiny for 'State Xenophobia'
Al Jazeera, 14 May 2015
A semblance of normalcy is returning to the streets of the inner city of Johannesburg weeks after xenophobic violence hit South Africa's commercial capital. Read more »
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South Africa: Central Methodist Church Raid - 'Hey, Hey Zimbabweans! You Must Go Back Home!'
The Daily Vox, 14 May 2015
On Friday, state officials raided the Central Methodist Church in the Johannesburg CBD, a building known for offering a safe haven to immigrants, particularly after the horrific… Read more »
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South Africa: Xenophobia - Not Only a South African Problem
The Daily Vox, 13 May 2015
Xenophobia is not only a South African concern, it's a general African problem, because we all have prejudices against each other and are ignorant of each other's struggles and… Read more »
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South Africa: Foreign Shop Owners Should Be Regulated, Just Like PSL Footballers Are - Snake Park Shop Owner
The Daily Vox, 13 May 2015
Last weekend, about 500 local shop owners and community members marched to the local police station in Snake Park, Soweto, to show their dissatisfaction with the presence of… Read more »
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South Africa: Govt Urged to Stop Arrests of 'Undocumented' Migrants
Sonke Gender Justice, 14 May 2015
South African human, women’s and children’s rights groups call on the South African government to stop arrests of “undocumented” foreign nationals and its… Read more »
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South Africa: Operation Fiela Not Targeted at Foreign Nationals
SAnews.gov.za, 11 May 2015
Government has rejected claims that Operation Fiela - the joint raids being carried out by the army, police and Home Affairs officials - is targeted at foreign nationals living in… Read more »
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South Africa: Govt Denounces Xenophobia, Raids Migrants, Says NGO
MSF, 12 May 2015
In the past week MSF's team working among the foreign nationals and refugees in Durban has seen the constructive engagement between KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Community Safety Willies… Read more »
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South Africa: Church Housing Refugees Raided By S African Police
Al Jazeera, 8 May 2015
South African police have arrested at least 400 foreign nationals, after police backed by the military raided several buildings, including a church housing refugees in central… Read more »
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South Africa: Operation Fiela Leads to 889 Arrests
SAnews.gov.za, 4 May 2015
Government's Operation Fiela, which aims to crack down on crime and restore order in areas hit by the recent violence against foreign nationals, has led to a series of seizures and… Read more »
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South Africa: More Than 400 Migrants Held in Johannesburg Raids
News24Wire, 8 May 2015
More than 400 undocumented foreign nationals were taken in by police during crime prevention raids in buildings throughout the Johannesburg CBD on Friday morning, including the… Read more »
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South Africa: Illegal Immigrants, Crime Top SA-Zim Talks
SAnews.gov.za, 7 May 2015
The influx of illegal immigrants and the recent attacks on people from other African countries, coupled with cooperation in combating cross-border criminal activities topped the… Read more »
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Somalia: Civic Movement's Chair Allegedly Asks Foreigners for Protection Money
GroundUp, 7 May 2015
Mthethwa Filita, chairperson of the South African National Civic Organisation in Mayibuye, Makhaza, has been asking for protection money from shops owned by foreign nationals. Read more »
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South Africa: Migrants Despondent After Police Raid Their Stalls
GroundUp, 11 May 2015
"What these people are doing is not right. Most of my relatives do not know what to do. All their goods were taken yesterday. They do not know what to do next," says Fatima Hassan,… Read more »
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South Africa: Operation Fiela, Reclaim 2015 - Sweeping the Streets of Crime
SAPS, 30 April 2015
The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) has noted with appreciation that the criminal justice system's net has been cast wide and is systematically… Read more »
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South Africa: Police Raid Thembelihle Informal Settlement
SAnews.gov.za, 30 April 2015
Police have arrested about 50 people following a raid in the early hours of this morning in Thembelihle near Lenasia, south of Johannesburg. Read more »