Ghana is airlifting 800 citizens from South Africa, saving them from Xenophobic attacks
Ghana's High Commissioner to South Africa, Benjamin Kofi Quashie revealed that the group forms the first phase of a broader effort by Accra to assist up to 800 Ghanaian nationals seeking to return home, fleeing xenophobic attacks.
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Accra is working to airlift at least 800 Ghanaian nationals from Johannesburg, following ongoing cases of serious attacks targeting foreigners in South Africa.
Reports from Johannesburg reveal that so far 300 Ghanaians are in the process of being put on a plane ready to be flown back home, from South Africa.
“Three hundred Ghanaian nationals are departing South Africa on a repatriation flight from Oliver R Tambo International Airport,” a source told The Tanzania Times this week.
As it seems, the first aircraft carrying Ghanaians who are being transported back to their country was due to leave South Africa on Wednesday, the 27th of May 2026.
Observers witnessed the first group of passengers arriving at the Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg from as early as 2:00 hours to accomplish the processing and departure procedures.
Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Benjamin Kofi Quashie revealed that the group forms the first phase of a broader effort by Accra to assist up to 800 Ghanaian nationals in Johannesburg, seeking to return home, fleeing from xenophobic attacks.
Ambassador Benjamin Kofi Quashie, explained further that all passengers being flown to Accra have been vetted by the South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs as being truly Ghanaians.
But as it happens, the flights will be transporting both documented and undocumented Ghanaian nationals from South Africa.
South Africa is once again experiencing a surge in xenophobic violence, with foreign nationals, particularly African migrants, being subjected to intimidation, exclusion, and deadly attacks.
Chaos and violence have been reported from the streets of Johannesburg City all the way to informal settlements, with locals chanting anti-foreigner sentiments.
At least 7 people have been killed and hundreds of others injured as vigilantes in South Africa carry out violent xenophobic attacks targeting African and Asian foreign nationals in recent weeks, with little or insufficient apparent response from the police and other authorities
But while attacks on black foreigners in South Africa are intensifying, the response from authorities has been minimal.
Ghana and Nigeria are reported to be the only two African countries that have taken steps to rescue their people from the hostile attacks in South Africa.
The Human Rights and Legal Research Center (HRLRC) claims that the persistence of xenophobic attacks in South Africa is not accidental, it is the result of systemic governance failures.
“While policies such as the National Action Plan against racism and xenophobia exist on paper, implementation has been weak, inconsistent, and largely ineffective,” points out the HRLRC.
