Recurring immigration issues I apologize if I'm not going…
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Recurring immigration issues
I apologize if I'm not going about this the right way, but I'm not sure how else to ask this.
To the older members/elders in the community, I wanted to ask how the issue of immigration was dealt with between Ghana and Nigeria specifically.
As a young(er) South African I was hoping to understand the actual cost of what the loud minority of zenophobes are doing to the people affected. This wasn't why I initially went looking though. To be honest, while I understood the hostility towards us, I saw it as unfair. So I went looking for information and policies that seemed similar to what is happening in RSA now. And I found a few, specifically the "Ghana must Go", Ghana's own expulsion program of Nigerians and the more recent "Nigeria must Go" protests respectively.
While looking at these issues I heard one or two stories from the people about living though those times, and how painful and dehumanizing it was.
So, I hope to find more of those stories if possible. Are we (South Africans) repeating what happened all those years ago? Are we doomed to repeat these missteps until continental corruption is dealt with.
And (this might be my hurt talking, so please forgive me) why is it that though so many African countries have seemingly gone through this issue, is South Africa being considered a complete pariah, being compared to Argentina and Israel of all places?
Again, I only hope to understand the situation. I think I've been looking for answers alone too much, and I haven't stopped to ask enough. I apologize again if this offends or was treated without the necessary care that this history and these topics deserve.
Tldr:
1. How was the situation in Ghana and Nigeria during the Ghana expropriation act(not it's name, I can't seem to find it now) and the "Ghana must go" act.
2. How were you affected by those times and processes
3. Is your experience part of or the whole reason South Africa is being spoken about the way it is.
4. Immigration has seemingly been an issue throughout the continent and throughout time...why is it that South Africa is (seemingly) being cut off for the same thing other nations have done and are doing to this day?
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I apologize if I'm not going about this the right way, but I'm not sure how else to ask this.
To the older members/elders in the community, I wanted to ask how the issue of immigration was dealt with between Ghana and Nigeria specifically.
As a young(er) South African I was hoping to understand the actual cost of what the loud minority of zenophobes are doing to the people affected. This wasn't why I initially went looking though. To be honest, while I understood the hostility towards us, I saw it as unfair. So I went looking for information and policies that seemed similar to what is happening in RSA now. And I found a few, specifically the "Ghana must Go", Ghana's own expulsion program of Nigerians and the more recent "Nigeria must Go" protests respectively.
While looking at these issues I heard one or two stories from the people about living though those times, and how painful and dehumanizing it was.
So, I hope to find more of those stories if possible. Are we (South Africans) repeating what happened all those years ago? Are we doomed to repeat these missteps until continental corruption is dealt with.
And (this might be my hurt talking, so please forgive me) why is it that though so many African countries have seemingly gone through this issue, is South Africa being considered a complete pariah, being compared to Argentina and Israel of all places?
Again, I only hope to understand the situation. I think I've been looking for answers alone too much, and I haven't stopped to ask enough. I apologize again if this offends or was treated without the necessary care that this history and these topics deserve.
Tldr:
1. How was the situation in Ghana and Nigeria during the Ghana expropriation act(not it's name, I can't seem to find it now) and the "Ghana must go" act.
2. How were you affected by those times and processes
3. Is your experience part of or the whole reason South Africa is being spoken about the way it is.
4. Immigration has seemingly been an issue throughout the continent and throughout time...why is it that South Africa is (seemingly) being cut off for the same thing other nations have done and are doing to this day?
#local
source
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