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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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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