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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michelle Gumede and Mogomotsi Magome

South Africa builds another site to ease overcrowding and speed up deportation of Malawian nationals

APTOPIX South Africa Migrants - (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

South Africa started building a second temporary deportation center on Thursday to process the repatriation of Malawians after thousands protested earlier this year in Johannesburg and other parts of the country against illegal immigration that has fueled tensions between locals and foreign nationals.

Meanwhile, thousands more Malawian nationals arrived at the first deportation center, also in the city of Durban, in an area known as Sherwood, where an estimated 10,000 have been camping for more than a week, waiting to be sent home.

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