South Africa has urged the African Union (AU) to avoid turning upcoming continental discussions on migration into a platform for blaming individual countries, arguing instead that leaders should focus on the economic, political and security challenges driving people to leave their home countries

Ronald Lamola criticises Ghana’s intention to take SA to the AU over migration tensions, as the continental body prepares to meet this week

According to him, migration has become a major issue across the continent, with many African countries grappling with both internal and cross-border movements of people.