南非政府向马拉维、埃塞俄比亚和尼日利亚等非洲国家发送了书面赔偿请求，要求这些国家为其遣返本国公民承担费用。[1]在移民抗议和暴力事件后，南非已遣返或协助遣返超过80000名移民，相关交通、临时遣返中心和员工加班等费用已达近1800万美元。[1]
执法部门逮捕了近60000名非法居留者，其中7月份逮捕16208人。[1]在4月至7月期间，16078名主要来自莱索托、马拉维、坦桑尼亚、津巴布韦和莫桑比克的人员被驱逐。[1]
关于遣返人数存在统计差异：政府数据显示82875人被自愿遣返或被驱逐，但移民国的统计数据约为178000人。[1]
South Africa has demanded financial compensation from several African countries for expenses incurred in repatriating their nationals. The government has submitted written reimbursement requests to Malawi, Ethiopia, and Nigeria, seeking to recover costs associated with the removal of migrants from South African territory [1].
The repatriation efforts have been substantial in scale and expense. South Africa has repatriated or facilitated the return of more than 80,000 migrants, spending nearly $18 million on transportation, temporary repatriation centers, and staff overtime [1]. Between April and July, authorities deported 16,078 individuals, primarily from Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique [1]. Enforcement agencies have also arrested approximately 60,000 undocumented residents, with 16,208 apprehensions occurring in July alone [1].
However, discrepancies exist in the reported numbers. While South African government data indicates that 82,875 people were voluntarily repatriated or forcibly removed, immigration records from the countries of origin suggest the figure was approximately 178,000 [1].