South Africa is moving to send invoices to foreign governments, including Nigeria, for the cost of deporting their citizens found in violation of the country's immigration laws.
The announcement comes as South African authorities step up crackdowns on undocumented migrants, a push that sits against a backdrop of growing anti-immigration tensions in the country.
No figures have been shared yet on what those deportation bills might look like, or how the affected governments are expected to respond. What is clear is that this marks a sharper, more transactional turn in how Pretoria handles the movement of people across its borders, and the ripple effects for Nigeria and other named countries are still very much unfolding.
Originally published by Premium Times.