Migrants awaiting processing for deportation at a community hall in the eastern South African city of Durban staged a protest on Wednesday and wound up in pitched battle with police, who used rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse the crowd.
The migrants, who were mostly from Mali, were not protesting deportation — they were seeking voluntary repatriation to their home country amid rising anti-migrant sentiments in South Africa. They were instead frustrated by the slow process, which left up to 10,000 people camped in a public park near the community hall for days on end.
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