BEIJING Apr 11 ― Africans in southern China’s largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing as the country steps up its fight against imported infections. China says it has largely curbed its Covid-19...
People wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease wait at an entrance to a labour arbitration office in Beijing, China April 9, 2020. ― Reuters pic
Local authorities in the industrial centre of 15 million said at least eight people diagnosed with the illness had spent time in the city’s Yuexiu district, known as “Little Africa”. Guangzhou had confirmed 114 imported coronavirus cases as of Thursday ― 16 of which were Africans. The rest were returning Chinese nationals. Several Africans told AFP they had been forcibly evicted from their homes and turned away by hotels.
China has banned foreign nationals from entering the country and many travellers are being sent into 14-day quarantines either in their own accommodation or at centralised facilities. “Even if we have a negative test result, police don’t let us stay and they don’t give a reason why,” he said. The infections in Guangzhou have sparked a torrent of abuse online, with many Chinese internet users posting racist comments and calling for all Africans to be deported.
China’s foreign ministry acknowledged this week that there had been some “misunderstandings” with the African community.
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