The Federal Government has said it would seek from its South African counterpart, compensation for Nigerians forced to abandon businesses and other valuable properties as they returned home, following renewed anti-immigrant tensions in the country.

Acting Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa, Temitope Ajayi, said that the government had already begun compiling records of businesses and properties left behind by returnees.

Ajayi reiterated that majority of Nigerians living in South Africa were legal residents, saying most of them entered the country through legal immigration channels.

Similarly, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, assured that the evacuation process would continue beyond June 30 saying that the federal government would continue to engage south africa to ensure the protection of Nigerians in the country.

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