The Ghana High Commission in South Africa has urged citizens to remain indoors and avoid opening their businesses as the mission prepares to undertake another evacuation exercise next week amid rising anti-immigrant tensions in the country.
In a public advisory video, Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Benjamin Quashie urged Ghanaian nationals to stay at the various accommodations arranged by the High Commission and avoid unnecessary movement as authorities monitor the security situation amid the June 30 unofficial deadline for foreigners to leave.
He said another repatriation exercise would be undertaken next week and assured Ghanaians that details of the evacuation would be communicated in due course.
According to the High Commissioner, the South African police have also been engaged to provide security for Ghanaians staying at the designated shelters.
“30th June is the day of the said demonstration. We urge you all to stay indoors. Don’t open your shops and businesses. Those we have secured accommodations at churches and hotels for, kindly stay there and don’t come out. The police will be there to protect you. We are set to undertake another evacuation. We will keep you posted on the dates and arrangement,” he said.
The advisory comes as anti-immigrant groups in South Africa intensify calls for undocumented foreign nationals to leave the country, with June 30 marked as an unofficial deadline for their departure.
The renewed tensions have heightened fears among migrant communities, prompting thousands of foreign nationals to seek safer locations or return to their home countries in recent weeks over concerns about possible violence.
The Government of Ghana has already evacuated hundreds of its citizens from South Africa as part of ongoing efforts to safeguard their welfare. The High Commission says another phase of the repatriation exercise will begin next week for Ghanaians who have registered to return home.
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