A South African activist suggests: Immigrants could work for us instead of locals, as in Dubai.
Ahmed Salem
قال الناشط الجنوب إفريقي فاكيلو مثاكاثي: “بإمكان جنوب أفريقيا أن تدفع مليون راند، أي ما يعادل 35 مليون فرنك إفريقي تقريبًا، لكل مواطن جنوب إفريقي سنويًا، مدى الحياة”.
أضاف خلال ظهوره بحلقة “بودكاست”: “لن نحتاج حتى للعمل بعد الآن، يمكننا السماح لهؤلاء المهاجرين غير الشرعيين بالقدوم إلى جنوب إفريقيا للعمل لدينا، كما هو الحال في الإمارات، لا يعمل إلا الأجانب؛ أما العرب فلا يعملون”.
يأتي هذا التصريح، في أعقاب الاحتجاجات المتواصلة بجنوب إفريقيا، على خلفية مناهضة المهاجرين غير النظاميين في أنحاء البلاد، وانتهاء المهلة غير الرسمية لمغادرتهم الأراضي الجنوب إفرقية.
Protests in South Africa
Several regions in South Africa are witnessing nationwide protests, despite the intensive security preparations undertaken by the government, where police forces have been deployed and reinforced with military support in some areas, in anticipation of these demonstrations.
وأشارت التقارير، إلى اتساع نطاق الاحتجاجات في بعض المناطق، ليتجاوز مجرد قضايا الهجرة؛ حيث ركزت المجموعات المنظمة الرئيسية -بما في ذلك حركة “مارش آند مارش” (March and March)، بشكل أساسي على قضية الهجرة غير النظامية.
While some protesters and their allied groups called for the resignation of President Cyril Ramaphosa, expressing their dissatisfaction with unemployment, corruption and crime rates, as well as the government’s handling of immigration and governance issues.
Thousands of people protest against the expulsion of migrants.
As the unofficial deadline approached, thousands of people, mostly Malawians and Zimbabweans, gathered in Cape Town and Johannesburg on Tuesday, waiting for help to return home, having fled anti-immigrant violence across South Africa.
The Border Management Authority told AFP that around 25,000 people have been returned from South Africa to their country in recent weeks, as protests by armed groups backed by citizens have intensified.
Since this morning, South African police have been deployed on Tuesday to prevent unrest and protests during the unofficial deadline set by citizen-led groups for illegal immigrants to leave, which has already prompted thousands to flee.
Officers were deployed in large numbers to prevent expected violence during the day, while hundreds of foreign nationals fled to several cities, urgently seeking help to leave.
Migrants killed as protests escalate
At least two Mozambicans, one Ethiopian and one Malawian have been killed in anti-immigrant violence in recent weeks, and several African governments have organized flights or buses to bring their citizens home.
