Zim returnees face humanitarian crisis as AA speeds up deportations

HARARE, Jul. 23 (NewsDay Live) – A humanitarian emergency is unfolding along the South Africa-Zimbabwe border as thousands of undocumented Zimbabweans face accelerated deportations, biometric blacklisting and strained reception facilities amid growing reports of xenophobic violence.

Senior journalist Sydney Kawadza, a news editor at  Alpha Media, who observed operations between the Musina Repatriation Centre in South Africa and the Beitbridge Reception Centre in Zimbabwe, described the border crossing as a “relentless movement of human lives” as South African authorities intensify deportations.

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