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In photos: Hundreds board voluntary repatriation flight to Nigeria

Nigerian Consul-General says their citizens no longer feel safe in South Africa due to anti-immigrant violence in recent weeks

About 270 Nigerian citizens queue to return to Nigeria on Wednesday as anti-immigrant protests spread across South Africa. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee
Honour Charles was one of about 270 people queuing outside the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria to board a bus to the airport on Wednesday.
“I have been in South Africa for 14 years so leaving in these circumstances is very painful. I don’t feel like I have a choice. I put everything in God’s hands and hope for the best,” said Charles.
This was the first group of Nigerian nationals to take up the offer of voluntary repatriation to board a charter flight from Johannesburg to Lagos.
The flight, organised by the Nigerian government, departed from OR Tambo…

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