More than 178,000 immigrants have suddenly fled or been deported from South Africa.
- More than 178,000 African immigrants have left South Africa in recent months due to a crackdown on undocumented migration and anti-immigration protests.
- Over 115,000 people returned to Zimbabwe and more than 56,000 to Malawi since late May.
- South Africa officially deported around 19,000 people since April.
- Anti-immigrant sentiment has surged in South Africa, leading to protests against illegal migration.
- Advocacy groups have raised concerns about the impact on children and HIV patients due to these migrations.
More than 178,000 African immigrants have left South Africa in recent months, spurred by a crackdown on undocumented migration by authorities and sometimes violent anti-immigration protests that have led many to leave citing fears of attacks.
The count is from authorities in the home countries the migrants have returned to, with more than 115,000 people returning to Zimbabwe alone since late May and over 56,000 returning to Malawi.
South Africa said this week that some 19,000 people had been officially deported since April. Advocacy groups have raised a series of concerns over the sudden movements of people, including for the thousands of children who have been pulled out of schools and for HIV patients cut off from life-saving treatment.
The mass movements underline the complications of internal migration within Africa, even as international attention is focused on migration from Africa to Europe. Protests against illegal migration in South Africa have been accompanied by door-to-door campaigns where rights groups say migrants have been threatened and attacked.
超过178,000名移民突然逃离或被驱逐出南非。
超过178,000名非洲移民因南非当局对无证移民的打击和有时暴力的反移民抗议而在最近几个月离开南非，许多人因恐惧袭击而选择离开。
这一数字来自移民返回的祖国的官方统计，自5月底以来，超过115,000人返回津巴布韦，超过56,000人返回马拉维。
南非本周表示，自四月以来，约有19,000人被正式驱逐。倡导团体对这些突然的人员流动提出了一系列担忧，包括成千上万的儿童被迫退学以及艾滋病患者失去生命救助治疗的情况。
大规模的迁移凸显了非洲内部迁移的复杂性，尽管国际关注主要集中在非洲向欧洲的移民问题上。在南非，针对非法移民的抗议活动伴随着逐户活动，权利团体表示移民遭到威胁和攻击。