LETTER: US should back a global right of return
President Donald Trump should help those who want to go home after decades in refugee camps and in exile
22 July 2019 - 05:04
Donald Trump’s despicable and racist “go back” tweet aimed at four progressive US women representatives is reminiscent of the National Party slogan calling for Indian-born South Africans to leave the country during its 1948 election campaign. (“Trump intensifies attacks on the ‘squad’ (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/americas/2019-07-18-trump-intensifies-attacks-on-the-squad-as-democrats-slam-comments-as-racist/) as Democrats slam comments as racist”, July 18.)
In fact, from 1927 to 1955, the SA government pursued a repatriation scheme in the hope of ridding the country of Indians...
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