Africans in southern China's largest city, Guangzhou, say they are being targeted after intensifying action in the country to stop the growing cases of Corona virus from abroad. They said they were deemed to be infected with the corona virus, were being forcibly evicted from homes, arbitrarily set aside and investigated at a collective level.
China says that it has mainly controlled the Covid-19 infection, but due to several recent cases involving the Nigerian community in Guangzhou, local people and officials involved in the prevention of the virus discriminated against the people of this community, there are allegations. In an industrial center with a population of 1.5 million, local authorities said that at least eight people found infected were from the Yueishiu area of the city known as 'Little Africa', five of them are Nigerians. People have expressed their displeasure after reports surfaced about him visiting eight restaurants and other public places instead of living in a separate residence in his house.
Government media reported that about 2,000 people who came in contact with these people had to undergo an infection investigation or had to be kept in separate habitats. On Thursday, 114 cases of corona virus infected people from overseas were confirmed in Guangzhou, of which 16 are African and the remaining are Chinese nationals returning from abroad. Many Africans said they were being targeted, they were evicted from their homes and not even allowed to stay in hotels.
"I have been sleeping under the bridge for the last four days without food," said Tony Mathias, a Ugandan student who was evicted from his apartment on Monday. I cannot buy food from anywhere, no shop or restaurant will give me food. We are living like beggars on the street. "A Nigerian businessman also said that he was evicted from his apartment earlier this week. Other Africans said that their community is being investigated for Covid-19 and is being kept in separate residences in homes or hotels even though they have not moved out of China recently. China's Foreign Ministry has also acknowledged that some 'misunderstandings' have arisen in the people regarding the African community.
