The African Union has backed a broader discussion on migration, a South African government official said on Thursday. This comes after Ghana made a proposal to place xenophobic violence in South Africa on the agenda of an upcoming AU meeting.
Migration Issues
Clayson Monyela, a South African foreign affairs official, said that Pretoria had defeated an attempt to ‘single out & isolate’ the country. The AU will discuss the migration issue broadly and look at the ‘pull and push’ factors, referring to conditions that drive people to leave their countries and those that draw them elsewhere.
Over the past few months, anti-migrant protests have taken place in South Africa. Ghana repatriated hundreds of its citizens ahead of a June 30 deadline set by a South African anti-migrant movement for illegal immigrants to leave.
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