South Africa: Thousands of Foreigners Flee Ahead of Anti-Immigration 'Deadline'
Uganda Airlines will fly evacuees home as officials coordinate with South African authorities after months of anti-migrant violence and a June 30 ultimatum.
- On Sunday, June 28, 2026, the Government of Uganda announced emergency plans to evacuate nationals from South Africa, with Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo confirming 746 Ugandans have voluntarily registered for evacuation.
- Local vigilante groups issued a June 30, 2026, deadline demanding foreign nationals vacate, while anti-migrant demonstrations have persisted for months across multiple provinces, intensifying fears among the diaspora.
- Uganda's High Commissioner to South Africa, Ambassador Paul Amoru Omiat, confirmed the death of Wilber Niwamanya in KwaZulu-Natal Province, with the Uganda High Commission seeking state support to preserve his body for repatriation.
- "Arrangements are being made for Uganda Airlines to provide special charter flights for the evacuation exercise," Kasolo said, as Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, and Mozambique initiated similar large-scale repatriation drives.
- The current unrest mirrors previous waves of xenophobic violence in South Africa; the worst occurred in 2008, when more than 60 people were killed in nationwide attacks targeting African migrants.
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Foreigners flee the country massively while a movement supported by dozens of organizations and political parties demanded their departure before Tuesday 30 June. If only illegal migrants are targeted, all African nationals feel in danger.
South Africa: Thousands of foreigners flee ahead of anti-immigration 'deadline'
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Uganda Plans to Evacuate Nationals From South Africa Amid Xenophobic Attacks
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- The Government of Uganda has announced plans to evacuate Ugandan nationals from South Africa following rising anti-migrant violence and xenophobic protests targeting foreign nationals. In a press statement issued on June 28th, 2026, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni had directed that arrangements be made to bring back Ugandans who feel unsafe due to the escalating situation.
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