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More than 178,000 African migrants have left South Africa in recent months, Daily Sabah reported on Saturday, pointing to a government crackdown on undocumented migration and, in some cases, violent attacks on immigrants. No further developments have been reported since.
South Africa is enforcing a crackdown on undocumented migration, setting the state against African migrants living and working in the country. Migrants there also face violent anti-immigration attacks by residents, according to Daily Sabah. The reporting does not date the start of the campaign.
More than 178,000 African migrants have left South Africa in recent months, Daily Sabah reported on Saturday. According to the report, a government crackdown on undocumented migration and, in some cases, violent anti-immigrant attacks drove the departures.