Nigeria's latest repatriation flight arrived in Lagos on Tuesday, carrying 269 nationals fleeing South Africa.
Anti-immigrant groups in the country had issued a June 30 deadline for all undocumented foreigners to quit the territory.
“I've been in South Africa since 2017, and the threat there is too much," Emmanuela Kagusu said on arriving in Lagos. "Like, every time killing, threats, you know, that we need to leave, Hamba, Hamba, all the time. "Hamba" means "leave." If you don't leave, they're going to kill us. So, we are not safe, so we have to just leave.”
South Africa has seen a wave of anti-immigrant protests and violence in recent weeks that's left at least four people dead.
But it's not the first time foreigners have been targeted, says Sandy Orace, another repatriated Nigerian.
