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In photos: Pietermaritzburg’s pop-up repatriation camp

Authorities overwhelmed as immigrants are displaced across the province

A man sleeps at a makeshift repatriation camp in Pietermaritzburg as he waits for a bus back to Malawi. Thousands of Malawian immigrants have been displaced and volunteered for repatriation amid rising xenophobic sentiment. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee
Over the past two weeks, authorities in KwaZulu-Natal have been overwhelmed as immigrants, mostly Malawian, flee their homes amid rising xenophobic sentiment.
KwaZulu-Natal is the main stomping ground for March and March. Protests in the province demanding the removal of undocumented immigrants have drawn larger crowds than in other parts of the country.

Malawian immigrants wait with their luggage for their turn to board buses.
On 9 June, hundreds of people participated in a March and March event in Pietermaritzburg. News24 reported that…

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