Xenophobia Zimbabwe makes first practical move to evacuate citizens from South Africa
Zimbabwe becomes the first African country to make practical move in the
evacuation of its nationals from South Africa since the xenophobic
attacks started in Durban
Source:Dimeji Akinloye: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)
The country’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Isaac Moyo, has said plans are in motion to evacuate about 1,000 Zimbabweans living in South Africa.
"Identification
and processing of repatriation documents has already been done. It is
very sad. Most people do not have any documentation. They don't have any
clothes apart from what they are wearing. Many of them left all their
clothes and property behind. We are documenting people. This process
means that we are giving them some sort of documentation to use upon
returning to Zimbabwe. We are organising some buses to take them from
Durban to Beit Bridge (the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe).
Then they will be taken from Beit Bridge to their home provinces. We
would want (the departure) to be as soon as possible. People are
currently living in the most difficult conditions," Moyo told the state-owned Chronicle newspaper.
The Nigerian government had said earlier this week that it will evacuate Nigerians resident in South Africa if the violent attacks worsen.
Kenya, Mozambique and Malawi have also announced they would help their citizens return home.
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