THREAD: The U.S. is not the only place in the midst of a fraught debate about immigration.https://nyti.ms/2Azakrq
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I knew I had to be there.
@kcnwakalor and I raced out to the airport.Show this thread
The scene was astounding. Full of emotion. The people streaming into a transit center said they felt lucky to be alive. They had run from mobs and watched rioters torch their shops. Their suitcases were stuffed. Their children were exhausted.
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They’d left behind furnished homes. Cars. Even spouses. They just wanted out. That’s how bad the violence had gotten, that’s how unwelcome they felt in the place they thought was home.
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This is Pentecost Ikechukwu, a Nigerian who had been living in South Africa. A few weeks ago, anti-immigrant protesters set fire to the shop where he worked. His boss ended up in a coma, he said. On Wednesday, he fled South Africa.pic.twitter.com/eJxl89mfjJ
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This is his wife Sandra. They left with $7 to their names. When I met them, they had just arrived in Lagos. They had no idea where they'd sleep that night. Or what they'd do the next day. Or the next.pic.twitter.com/wTJr1j1NVV
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I wish this was an isolated scene, but we know it’s not.
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KC and I left the transit center around midnight. Others were not so lucky. This is how some people spent the night.pic.twitter.com/0QZJMtmRKN
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