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Anti-migrant protesters march through South African streets
Zulu cultural figure and anti-immigration activist Phakela uMthakathi (C) takes part in a rally against undocumented immigrants who live in the area in Benoni, east of Johannesburg
Last month, hundreds of foreign nationals, including citizens from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Somalia, sought protection in the eastern port city of Durban, saying locals had gone door-to-door ordering them to leave by the end of the month.
Ghana has arranged flights for several hundred of its citizens to leave South Africa.
More than 600 Ghanaians were processed for departure over the weekend, South Africa's border authority said, taking the tally of those who have left to 995.
The first group of Nigerians is due to leave on Wednesday.
Kenya, Lesotho and Zimbabwe are among the countries that have urged their citizens in South Africa to exercise caution.
Malawi and Mozambique organised buses to bring people home.
'Every day and almost everyone I meet, they are in fear, extreme fear,' said an Ethiopian entrepreneur who moved to South Africa in 2000 and is married to a local woman.
'They are documented… But none of the legal documents will protect you from the violence.'
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the population on national television
Anti-migrant protesters marched through the streets of South Africa
Protesters were seen donning traditional dress and carrying speared weapons.
South Africa has seen recurring bouts of anti-migrant violence, with protests intensifying this year as vigilante groups ordered undocumented foreigners to leave by June 30.
The campaign group at the forefront of the recent protests, March & March, did not specify what would happen to those who do not leave.
Chanting and singing as they moved through the area, protesters called for tougher government action against illegal immigration.
The March & March leader, Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, who has campaigned for mass deportation, claims that illegal immigration 'ranges from 15 million to about 30 million'.
'South Africa is currently being invaded. South Africans have become refugees in their own country,' she said last month.
Protesters gather with traditional weapons during a rally against undocumented immigrants in Springs, east of Johannesburg, South Africa
A wave of anti-immigrant protests has affected South Africa demanding undocumented immigrants leave the country
Protesters were seen donning traditional dress and carrying speared weapons
Unemployment is running at more than 30 per cent, fuelling tensions with migrant workers.
In the worst violence against immigrants in the last two decades, 62 people were killed in 2008.
Violent clashes also erupted in 2015, 2016 and 2019.
Mozambique said five of its citizens were killed at the end of May.
South African police said two Mozambicans and one South African had died during an outbreak of violence in Mossel Bay on the south coast.
Some participants carried sticks, footage aired by the SABC public broadcaster showed
Chanting and singing as they moved through the area, protesters called for tougher government action against illegal immigration
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