
莫戈莫齐·马戈梅 约翰内斯堡 —— 南非警方已请求法院叫停反非法移民团体在沿海城市德班计划举行的游行,此前据称出现了暴力威胁和烧毁该市难民接待办公室的计划。
MOGOMOTSI MAGOME JOHANNESBURG — South African police have asked the courts to halt planned marches by anti-illegal immigration groups in the coastal city of Durban following alleged threats of violence and plans to burn down a refugee reception office in the city.
申请禁止游行是在近期部分示威活动发生暴力事件之后提出的,据报道上周有一名外国公民在示威中丧生。
The application to block the marches follows recent violence at some of the demonstrations, which reportedly left a foreign national dead last week.
夸祖鲁-纳塔尔高等法院周三对示威者发布了临时禁令,但将于周五考虑是否将该禁令永久化。
The KwaZulu-Natal High Court on Wednesday granted an interim order against the demonstrators, but will consider Friday whether to make the order permanent.
一些非洲国家已在暴力事件后遣返本国公民。在某些情况下,抗议者为非法入境的外国人设定了非官方的离境最后期限。
Some African countries have repatriated their citizens following the violence. In some cases, protesters have set unofficial deadlines for foreigners who had entered illegally to leave.
本月初,至少 24 辆汽车被焚毁、商店遭洗劫,因一项放宽庇护申请准入的法院裁决引发的抗议演变为暴力冲突。
Earlier this month, at least 24 cars were torched and shops looted as protests over a court ruling easing access to asylum turned violent.
游行组织者及领导人贾辛塔·恩戈贝塞-祖马批评政府和警方的行动,称这是试图压制示威活动。
March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma criticized the government and police action, saying it was an attempt to suppress demonstrations.
政府已向包含德班市在内的夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省部署了 500 多名士兵。
The government has deployed over 500 soldiers to KwaZulu-Natal province, which includes the city of Durban.
总统西里尔·拉马福萨也谴责抗议活动中的暴力行为,誓言警方将严厉打击违法者。
President Cyril Ramaphosa also spoke out against violence at the protests, vowing that the police would clamp down on people breaking the law.
“有人利用公众对非法移民的情绪煽动社区,为犯罪活动提供掩护,”拉马福萨周三在夸祖鲁-纳塔尔举行的企业家会议上表示。
“There are those who are exploiting public sentiment around illegal migration to stir up communities and to provide cover for criminality,” Ramaphosa told a meeting of businesspeople in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday.
南非人将于下周参加地方选举,非法移民问题已成为竞选中的突出议题。
With South Africans set to vote in local elections next week, the issue of illegal immigration has featured prominently in the campaign.