Immigrants contribute 9% to South Africa’s GDP despite making up 6.5% of population — Report

” Lizette Lancaster, head of the ISS Crime Hub, said anti-immigrant rhetoric and sentiment have been growing over the last few years, and that their research found that 42% of South Africans now want no immigrants in the country, up from 30% in 2021.

The report found that 66% of South Africans believed immigrants increased crime, yet research showed that only around 6% of households said crime was caused by people from outside South Africa.

The report further found that politicians and anti-immigrant groups have wildly exaggerated immigrant numbers, with almost half of South African believing their claims.