Xenophobia: FG Continues Evacuation, Airlifts Another 268 Nigerians from South Africa

Chinedu Eze

The federal government has evacuated another batch of Nigerians numbering 268 from South Africa in midst of ongoing anti-migrant hostility against Africans from other nationals.

The returnees arrived safely at the Cargo/Hajj Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, yesterday.

Since June 11, 2026, the federal government has continued to bring home citizens affected by the hostilities in South Africa, where the indigenes insisted that other Africans living in their country must leave, disguising their hostility as war against illegal immigrants but the attack is on everyone from Africa, including those with legal immigration documents.