凯琳·摩根（Kayleen Morgan）、莫戈莫茨·马戈梅·杜班（Mogomotsi Magome Durban）/ 南非——周三，在南非城市德班，数百人举行了反对非法移民的示威活动，他们表示将加大行动力度，以抗议政府在处理这一问题上所表现出的失职行为。
KAYLEEN MORGAN, MOGOMOTSI MAGOME DURBAN, South Africa — Hundreds of people held a demonstration against illegal immigration in the South African city of Durban on Wednesday, vowing to intensify their actions against what they say is the government’s failure to deal with the issue.
这场示威活动由“March by March”组织发起，该组织要求所有在南非非法居留的人必须在9月30日前离开该国。然而，这一最后期限并未得到政府的正式承认。示威者们手持传统的祖鲁族武器，唱着具有民族特色的歌曲，游行穿过德班的街道。警方报告称，整个抗议过程中没有发生针对外国人的暴力事件。
The crowds, led by the March by March group, had set a Sept. 30 deadline for those living illegally in South Africa to leave the country. The deadline wasn’t recognized by the government and authorities. With some brandishing traditional Zulu weapons and singing cultural songs, they marched through Durban’s streets. Police didn’t report any incidents of violence against foreigners during the protest.
此前，政府曾设定6月30日为最后期限，由于针对移民的暴力事件，大量外国人被迫返回各自的非洲国家；这些国家的政府也协助安排了本国公民的撤离工作。
A similar deadline set for June 30 sparked a mass repatriation of foreigners to their various African countries after attacks on immigrants. The governments of those nations arranged for the evacuation of their citizens.
周三的示威活动是过去几个月里南非发生的又一起抗议活动。此前已有针对外国人的暴力事件发生，导致南非政府与一些非洲国家之间的外交关系紧张。南非方面还表示，近几个月来已驱逐了数千名非法居留的外国人。
Wednesday’s demonstration was the latest protest in South Africa over the last few months. There have been reported attacks against some foreign nationals that have led to diplomatic tensions between the South African government and some African nations. South African authorities also have reported the deportations of thousands of foreigners who were in the country illegally in recent months.
本月早些时候，由于移民问题引发的紧张局势，尼日利亚议会无限期暂停了与南非之间的官方访问和合作活动。
Earlier this month, Nigeria’s parliament indefinitely suspended official visits and engagements with South Africa over the immigration tensions.
多年来，南非一直吸引着来自非洲各地的外国人前来寻求经济机会，这些移民来自邻国津巴布韦、莱索托、莫桑比克、马拉维，以及更远的国家如尼日利亚、加纳和埃塞俄比亚。许多人将南非的高失业率、犯罪问题以及公共服务压力归咎于移民。
For years, South Africa has attracted foreign nationals seeking economic opportunities from across the continent, including from nearby countries Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique and Malawi, and as far away as Nigeria, Ghana and Ethiopia. Many blame migrants for the country’s high levels of unemployment, crime and pressure on public services.
“我们再次对国家边境的安全问题表示担忧，同时也指出我们的资源已经不堪重负，根本无法有效应对这些挑战，”March and March组织的领导人Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma说道。
“We were raising another concern about our porous borders and the fact that we have overstretched resources that are not enough to take care of us,” said Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, the leader of March and March.
她表示，这些抗议活动的目的是向政府施加更多压力，要求政府驱逐那些非法滞留在该国的人。
The protests were meant to put more pressure on the government and called for more deportations of those who are in the country illegally, she said.
“我们今天想要传达的信息是：民众已经忍无可忍了，”她继续说道，“我们也希望政府能够认真对待民众的呼声，而不是仅仅为了在国际上树立良好的形象。”抗议者还表示，这次示威活动还旨在表达对女性谋杀案及基于性别的暴力行为的愤怒；最近在约翰内斯堡东部的Ekurhuleni地区，至少有11名女性遭到了杀害，这一事件再次凸显了该问题的严重性。报道由Mogomotsi Magome从约翰内斯堡发回。
“The message we are sending today is that people are getting really, really fed up,” she said. “We also hope that our government will take the cries of the people seriously, instead of trying to look good to the international world.”Protesters said that the demonstration was also meant to express outrage over the issue of femicide and gender-based violence in the country, which has recently been highlighted by the killing of at least 11 women in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg. Mogomotsi Magome reported from Johannesburg.