The Department of Home Affairs has confirmed it has written to the governments of Malawi, Nigeria and Ethiopia requesting that they reimburse the repatriation costs for their citizens in South Africa. ProtestsOrganisations including March and March and Operation Dudula took to the streets demanding the deportation of undocumented foreign nationals in the country. The organisations gave undocumented foreign nationals a deadline of 30 June to leave the country, failing which they have threatened a national shutdown. Lindela deportationsThe department confirmed that it had deported 44 607 foreign nationals from the Lindela repatriation centre in the previous financial year. Between 20 April and 28 July this year, 16 078 foreign nationals were deported.