# Former president Thabo Mbeki has accused president Cyril Ramaphosa of fuelling misconceptions about illegal migration in the country. Ramaphosa has stated that unchecked illegal migration risks security and burdens health care. Mbeki says claims that illegal migrants are the cause of high levels of unemployment, crime and lack of economic growth are speculative and unsupported by evidence. He has warned that anti-migrant sentiment threatens African unity and distracts from the structural causes of South Africa’s political and economic challenges.
Mbeki accuses Ramaphosa of fuelling misconceptions about illegal migration