Forced to flee South Africa as anti-immigrant deadline approaches
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In South Africa, a deadline set by an anti-immigrant movement calling for undocumented people to leave the country is fast approaching. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe] Massive marches are planned for 30 June, and there are fears it will come with a wave of violence. Leading up to the deadline thousands have been fleeing South Africa, mainly other Africans going to their home countries. There are more than three million documented foreign nationals in South Africa, according to official figures. President Cyril Ramaphosa says the protestors are making immigrants scapegoats for the country's economic pain. We went to South Africa to speak to one of the men driving the call for them to leave. ------ Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe Follow us: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channe
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