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5 Worst Nations For Black Immigrants

Posted byBy ABS Contributor | Published on: | Updated on February 12, 2014 CommentsComments (142)

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China’s Guangdong province has drawn hundreds of thousands of immigrants from across Africa in the last decade: from Burkina Faso and Somalia, Ivory Coast and Ghana, Tanzania and Angola, reports the U.K. Guardian.

African immigrants complain they are targeted in random raids, with police demanding passports from any Black faces present. In recent years, there has been an immigration crackdown that has alienated many and left young men injured and languishing in detention, community leaders say.

“You go home: the police are knocking on your door. You are on the street: police will hold you. You are on the bus, inside a restaurant – it’s everywhere,” says Ojukwu Emma, president of the Association of the Nigerian Community, whose compatriots account for almost half the migrants.

Ironically,  Chinese officials are cracking down on African immigrants while over 2 million Chinese have emigrated to the African continent in the last decade.

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