A migration expert told Briefly News that the increase of Zimbabweans in South Africa is not a crisis after StatsSA revealed that they increased to over 1 million.
They make up a large chunk of the foreign nationals living in the country, followed by Malawi, Lesotho and the United Kingdom
According to migration expert Professor Loren Landau, there are more migrants from around the world now than a decade agoSouth Africans believe that there are more Zimbabweans than the official StatsSA figures reveal. Image: Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Imageswere reeling. StatsSA also revealed that Zimbabweans account for over 38% of the foreign nationals in the country. A migration expert assured Briefly News that the situation is not as bad as Mzansi makes it out to be.
"What's needed is a pragmatic, long-term regional framework to facilitate the legal movements of people for work or protection. People will continue to move due to economic inequality or the need for protection. The policy must start from that position and offer labour protection for everyone: protecting migrants in the workforce means they will be in better housing, be healthier and not undermine South Africans in the labour market."“We were never counted.
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