South Africa: 300 Ghanaians leave amid xenophobic tensions


A man draped in a Ghana flag stands in a crowd at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, South Africa, May 27, 2026.
Tensions have been rising between Ghana and South Africa over anti-migrant violenceImage: Siphiwe Sibeko/REUTERS

The first group of 300 Ghanaians departed on a special repatriation flight from South Africa to Accra on Wednesday, according to Ghana's Foreign Ministry. 

The Ghanaians departed from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.  

A South African immigration official told local station eNCA that only 10 of the Ghanaians on the flight were in South Africa legally, "so quite a number of them are in non-compliance to our immigration act." 

Passengers with suitcases wait to be checked in as Ghana repatriates hundreds of its citizens from South Africa (May 27, 2026)
More Ghanaians showed up at the airport than were on the registered list, according to Ghana's High Commissioner to South Africa Benjamin QuashieImage: Siphiwe Sibeko/REUTERS

The next repatriation flight would take place on Sunday, according to Ghana's High Commissioner to South Africa.

Some 800 Ghanaians in total are expected to leave as part of the repatriation program. Ghana has pledged to help its repatriated citizens with financial, psychological and social support.


The evacuation flight on Wednesday comes as anti-immigration demos and violence targeting foreigners become more widespread in South Africa. Protests have taken place in cities such as Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban.

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