South Africa tightens security before June 30 migrant protests (opens in new tab)

Thousands of migrants are trying to leave South Africa before planned nationwide anti-immigrant protests on June 30, after citizen-led groups set an unofficial deadline for undocumented foreigners to leave the country. Malawi, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana and Mozambique have begun repatriating citizens. Migrants have gathered at temporary processing centres in Durban, outside Zimbabwe’s consulate in Cape Town, and in makeshift encampments in Durban and Pietermaritzburg. President Cyril Ramaphosa ...