Xenophobic Attacks: Nigeria To Start Evacuating Citizens From South Africa on Monday

The Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria has stated that evacuation of Nigerians in South Africa will begin on Monday, 20th April.


A press statement from the office of the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria summarises that Nigerians who feel endangered and do not have the resources to afford going back home should quickly make themselves available for evacuation.

The statement reads: “As from Monday 20th of April 2015, the process of evacuating Nigerians from South Africa will begin as directed by the Federal Government of Nigeria due to the ongoing xenophobic attack on black foreign nationals in the Republic of South Africa.
“To that effect an evacuation register will be open at the High Commission in Pretoria for Nigerians
intending to return to Nigeria but cannot afford flight tickets.”