XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS: SOUTH AFRICA’S CONSUL GENERAL SUES FOR RECONCILIATION

XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS: SOUTH AFRICA’S CONSUL GENERAL SUES FOR RECONCILIATION

THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT HAS CANVASSED HEALING AND RECONCILIATION BETWEEN NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA FOLLOWING ANTI-MIGRANT VIOLENCE IN THAT COUNTRY AND OTHER ACTS OF CRIMINALITY AGAINST FOREIGNERS BY VIGILANTE GROUPS.

THE CONSUL GENERAL OF SOUTH AFRICA IN LAGOS, PROFESSOR BOBBY MOROE MADE THE APPEAL IN LAGOS.

THE ENVOY DECLARED THAT PERPETRATORS OF THE XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE DID NOT REPRESENT THE SOUL OF SOUTH AFRICA.

PROFESSOR BOBBY MOROE STATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA CLEARLY CONDEMNED THE ACTS OF CRIMINALITY AGAINST FOREIGNERS, ADDING THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE ARRESTED OVER 80 SUSPECTED CULPRITS IN SIX PROVINCES OF THE COUNTRY AND WOULD SOON PROSECUTE THEM.

HE STRESSED THE NEED FOR NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA TO RECONCILE AND WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS THE CREATION OF A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE PEOPLE OF BOTH COUNTRIES.

MOROE POINTED OUT THAT THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTITUTION PROTECTS BOTH REGULAR AND IRREGULAR MIGRANTS AND ONLY COMPETENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND IMMIGRATION OFFICERS HAVE THE LEGAL STANDING TO HANDLE MIGRATION ISSUES.