South African Police Arrest Nearly 200 Illegal Immigrants to Curb Xenophobic Violence
President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma
South
African police and soldiers on Thursday arrested nearly 200 illegal
immigrants.The criminal roundup came amid efforts by police to focus on
immigrant neighbourhoods to prevent further xenophobic violence.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
said that the arrest started after no fewer than seven migrants from
other African countries were killed in such violence earlier this month.
“The
migrants were arrested in the Thembelihle informal settlement, south of
Johannesburg, which had been identified as a criminal hotspot,” police
spokesman, Kay Makhubela said.
Police seized a firearm, drugs and pirated CDs.
According
to reports, South Africans accuse migrants of taking scarce jobs,
leading to attack of citizens of several African countries including
Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Somalia and other countries in Johannesburg
and Durban earlier this month.
South
African police authorities have pledged to prevent such incidents, while
the government announced the deployment of soldiers in parts of
Johannesburg.
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