The community is subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass testing. FMTNews Racism China Virus Health
A recent cluster linked to Nigerians in Guangzhou has sparked the alleged discrimination.
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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