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Foreigners flee South Africa after anti-migrant protests

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June 3, 2026

Malawi has become the latest country to announce it will repatriate its citizens from South Africa, after anti-immigration protests turned violent over the weekend.

Mozambique is repatriating hundreds of citizens from South Africa after violent attacks against foreign workers.

Protests in Mossel Bay turned deadly, with migrants reporting mobs targeting non-South Africans, burning homes and forcing people to flee.

Several countries, including Malawi and Nigeria, plan similar evacuations. Pretoria rejects claims of xenophobia, pointing instead to economic pressures driving tensions.

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