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Nearly 2,000 Nigerians flee South Africa after anti-migrant protests | SA News

LAGOS – Nearly 2,000 Nigerians have been evacuated from South Africa since June following a wave of protests against undocumented migrants, Nigeria’s foreign ministry said.

Nigeria has been outspoken in its criticism of the South African government’s handling of the protests, and has organised the repatriation of citizens who want to leave.

From June 10 to October 2, 14 flights were chartered from South Africa to take a total of 1,926 Nigerians home, the foreign ministry said in a statement issued overnight from Monday to Tuesday.

The Nigerian National Assembly last month banned all official visits by lawmakers to South Africa because of the violence.

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