Japa isn't slang anymore. It's a measurable national trend: 56% of Nigerians have now considered leaving the country, up from 36% just nine years ago, according to Afrobarometer. Over 1.7 million have already gone since 2020. But the map has shifted hard in 2026 — the country that used to be the obvious answer is now the hardest door to open, and the routes that are actually working require a level of planning most people find out about only after wasting a year and real mone

July 8, 2026 | South Africa | Xenophobia | Migration | Human Rights The deadline was June 30. The Deadline Passed. Nobody Left. Here's What South Africa Became March and March — the anti-immigrant movement that had spent months building toward this date — had been explicit: all undocumented foreign nationals must leave South Africa by June 30, or face the consequences. The pamphlets were printed in four languages. They looked like official government notices. They spread thro