Nigeria evacuates citizens from South Africa after anti-migrant attacks

Published by Albis · 14 Jun 2026

Nigeria has begun repatriating citizens from South Africa after weeks of xenophobic violence, with more than 1,000 Nigerians registered to leave and other African governments also evacuating nationals

• • Anti-migrant unrest in South Africa affects labor mobility, regional diplomacy, and election politics across southern Africa.
• • Nigeria has become the latest African country to organise evacuation flights from South Africa.
• • RFI reported that 262 Nigerians were repatriated in the first group and that the Nigerian government had chartered four more flights over the following two weeks.
• • Nigeria’s Foreign Ministry said 1,092 Nigerians had registered to leave South Africa voluntarily.