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Stay within the law, MP tells anti-immigrant protesters

Parliamentary committees brief media ahead of 30 June “deadline”

A march against immigration in Benoni earlier this month. Protesters must stay within the law, MPs have warned. Archive photo: Ihsaan Haffejee
South Africans have the right to raise concerns about immigration, but must do so within the law, said Mosa Chabane (ANC), chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs.
Chabane was speaking at a media briefing of the chairpersons of Parliament’s Peace and Security Cluster oversight committees on Thursday.
The briefing comes less than a week before a 30 June “deadline” set by anti-immigrant organisation March and March for undocumented immigrants to leave the country. Protests against immigrants are planned across the country next week.
Thousands of immigrants have already left the country, and thousands more are waiting…

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