SOUTH AFRICA · SOCIETY
Key Facts
—The headline number: South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs spent about R341 million (about US$21 million, at roughly 16.2 rand to the US dollar) on deporting and repatriating foreign nationals after the anti-immigration protests of late June, it told parliament’s Home Affairs Committee on 25 August.
—How many people: The figures presented to parliament put the total at 99,933 people — 89,936 recorded as repatriations, meaning people who returned home voluntarily, and 9,997 formal deportations.
—Who left: Malawians were the largest group by far, at 54,541. They were followed by 27,920 Zimbabweans, 2,417 Mozambicans and 1,145 Nigerians.
