South Africa deports over 53000 foreign nationals

The South African government deported or repatriated more than 53,000 foreign nationals during the first five weeks of its new migration management campaign. Most of the deported individuals originated from Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Mozambique as authorities intensified immigration enforcement across major provinces. Human rights groups warned that the rapid scale of the campaign risks violating international asylum protocols and stoking regional diplomatic tensions. Government officials defended the operations as a necessary measure to regulate domestic labor markets and ease pressure on public infrastructure. The ongoing campaign faces immediate systemic hurdles as regional processing centers struggle to manage the high volume of detainees.