South Africa: Immigration is a problem that needs to be addressed immediately

In many modern democracies, migration is one of the most complicated issues, one that takes a high emotional toll on the entire society.

This is because of “othering”, a feeling among voters that they are “us” and migrants are “them”. In most democracies, more older people vote than younger people — and immigrants are the change that most of them oppose.

It also helps anti-immigrant forces that the politics of migration is often not rooted in fact, in South Africa and many…