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Syndicates in Zimbabwe traffic Africans fleeing the strife in their countries to South Africa

Zimbabwe a transit site for migrants

Syndicates in Zimbabwe traffic Africans fleeing the strife in their countries to South Africa

Former United States President Donald Trump. Photo: Supplied

Trump’s hostility to immigration runs contrary to the facts

The United States administration’s inhumane treatment of migrants will not fix the system — it needs to be constructively overhauled, not destroyed

Some city officials, as well as pro-migrant and civil rights groups, have sought to educate those who might be targeted on their rights in the event of a raid. (Edgard Garrido/Reuters)

As US agents prepare to arrest ‘thousands,’ undocumented people live in fear

Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are expected to hit the streets of at least 10 major American cities

A penitentiary geography: A Spanish Civil Guard pulls an African migrant from a border fence between Morocco and Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla.

The great riddance

Security now matters more than freedom in the increased ‘bordernisation’ of Europe which renders those seeking refuge subhuman and vulnerable

Herman Mashaba: “When you come into South Africa

‘No one must be in SA without documentation’― Mashaba

City of Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has been criticised for his comments on illegal immigration during an address in Rwanda

Woolworths food and clothing retailer.

Winter Olympics calling for Ghana’s skeleton ace

After failing to qualify as a sprinter, Ghana’s Akwasi Frimpong is set to become the second athlete from West Africa to compete in Pyeongchang

Herman Mashaba defends his comments stating “illegal” immigrants are criminals

Herman Mashaba blames the government for crime in Johannesburg, saying that they had been ineffective in implementing law and order.

The fear of the other

Arizona’s Republican governor Jan Brewer signed House Bill 2162 into law on April 23, the toughest US Act on illegal immigration to date.