SA withdraws Palestinian visa privileges over charter flight row

South African authorities have withdrawn a 90-day visa exemption for Palestinians, saying the recent arrival of a charter flight with 153 people onboard was part of a campaign of “forced migration.”

Minister of Home Affairs Dr Leon Schreiber said the flight – and another in October – had been organised by Israeli actors linked to efforts to relocate residents of the Gaza Strip.

Schreiber said it was an abuse of the visa system and of…