00:01Zimbabweans fleeing xenophobic violence and threats in South Africa arrived at a reception center in the border town of Bent
00:09Bridge in Zimbabwe.
00:12Some Britannies describe being assaulted, robbed and forced from their homes and jobs, while aid workers provide medical care and
00:20transport to their final destination.
00:26We came back because there were demands for us to leave the country and we fear the increasing price of
00:33protesters coming to our houses.
00:40The exodus began weeks ago as fringe South African groups stepped up demands for undocumented migrants to leave by June
00:4830th
00:48in a campaign that saw violent protests and clashes in which at least four foreign nationals were killed.
00:55When the march and the march protests started, life became hard.
00:59First, I lost my job. After losing a job, I went back home to my rental home and the landlord
01:05refused to take my rent money.
01:07Even though it was the end, the most painful thing is that I had property in my house but I
01:14could not sell it or transport it with me.
01:16As the protesters were saying, you bought it here, it belongs to South Africa, so I cannot take it with
01:22me.
01:24Approximately 21,000 Zimbabwean nationals have been repatriated through government assisted arrangement since the commencement of the exercise.
01:32According to the authorities, more than 56,000 returned independently through self-repatriation mechanism during the same period.
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