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140 buses take 7,000 displaced immigrants to Musina

People continue to arrive at the old Drive-In site in Durban

People line up to board buses to Musina. Photos: Joseph Bracken
The eThekwini Municipality said on Monday that about 7,000 displaced immigrants have been moved from the old Drive-In temporary repatriation site in Durban to a new facility in Musina, Limpopo.
Addressing the media at 11.30am on Monday morning, Lindokuhle Mkhize, the municipality’s chief operating officer, said that as of 6am on Monday, 58 buses had departed for Limpopo. Another ten had left since then, and another 70 were expected to leave during the day.
The temporary repatriation site was set up last Monday as tens of thousands of people, mainly Malawian immigrants, left their homes and jobs amid rising levels of anti-immigrant sentiment.
The displaced immigrants, many of whom…

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