Nigerians and other Africans living in Guangdong and Fujian Province who are forcefully been ejected by the Chinese, are lamenting the move, fearing that they could be exposed to the virus.
This is absurd, because while the world has adopted various measures to combat Coronavirus, Chinese authorities are beginning to eject Africans from their homes and hotels over claims that they were importing the virus into the country.
Africans in China, who confirmed the ejection , said the government was employing force to eject foreigners from their homes.
They said, “There are claims that blacks are the ones now importing Coronavirus into China.
“Foreigners and particularly black people are currently not allowed to access public places including malls, restaurants and hospitals.
“They have landlords to evict them, they chase them out of hotels and make them go through all sorts because of Coronavirus.”
To quell the ejections, a meeting was held between the African community leaders in Guangzhou and the government.
Despite resolutions and positive outcome from the meeting, it was gathered that the evictions were yet to come to an end.
“The leaders of the African community in Guangzhou had a meeting with government officials in the city two days ago and discussions centred on all those issues.
“That’s not to say the evictions have stopped. Africans are all in the open now, under the rain with nowhere to go,” one of the affected persons said.
In a letter to the Consul-General of Ghana’s Consulate Office in Guangzhou, Chinese authorities claimed that the city was making all-out efforts to prevent the spread of the disease and protect the health and safety of everyone in Guangzhou.
