South Africa’s anti-immigrant hatred is really an education and economy problem
Open this photo in gallery:People awaiting repatriation queue to board a bus headed to Zimbabwe in Musina, South Africa, on July 9. Anti-immigration protests have led to violence and intimidation, with participants accusing migrants of “taking” South Africans’ jobs, increasing crime rates and straining public services. The government has responded by removing more than 53,000 foreign nationals in the last five weeks.
- ▪Open this photo in gallery:People awaiting repatriation queue to board a bus headed to Zimbabwe in Musina, South Africa, on July 9.
- ▪Anti-immigration protests have led to violence and intimidation, with participants accusing migrants of “taking” South Africans’ jobs, increasing crime rates and straining public services.
- ▪The government has responded by removing more than 53,000 foreign nationals in the last five weeks.
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Open this photo in gallery:People awaiting repatriation queue to board a bus headed to Zimbabwe in Musina, South Africa, on July 9. Thousands of foreign nationals clamoured to leave the country after fringe groups began demanding all illegal migrants leave by June 30, in a campaign that saw violent protests and clashes.EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP/Getty ImagesShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountRobert Rotberg is the founding director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s program on intrastate conflict, a former senior fellow at CIGI and president emeritus of the World Peace Foundation.South Africa has been experiencing a spasm of destructive and deathly xenophobia.
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