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SA suspends deportations
15 May 2015 at 08:48hrs | Views
South Africa has temporarily suspended deportations following a legal challenge by a human rights group which argued that it was insensitive for authorities to target foreigners, including Zimbabweans, following xenophobic attacks that resulted in the murder of seven people.
Over 800 undocumented migrants have been arrested across South Africa in the past three weeks under a blitz called "Operation Fiela-Reclaim", launched after last month's xenophobic attacks mainly in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces.
He said the human rights activists, who also complained about being denied access to the affected foreigners, felt that the raids were too soon after the xenophobic attacks last month.
South Africa-based Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Gabriel Shumba yesterday condemned the South Africa government for embarking on a deportation blitz so soon after the wave of xenophobic attacks in that country.
Source - The Herald
