OP-ED: The hidden violence behind the ‘peaceful’ anti-migrant protests
“How societies name and frame events shapes collective memory and future accountability. If events surrounding the 30 June protests are remembered primarily as peaceful marches followed by voluntary repatriation, the threats, forced evictions, looting and humanitarian crisis that characterised them risk being erased from public memory.” shares Dr Jean Pierre Misago, Senior Researcher and Co-Director at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS, University of the Witwatersrand).
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