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As South Africa intensifies its immigration enforcement campaign, Bishop Joseph Mary Kizito is urging authorities and communities alike to uphold human dignity, warning that fear and violence should never define the country’s response to undocumented migration. Speaking on Different Perspectives, Bishop Kizito—the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aliwal and Liaison Bishop for the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference’s Office for Migrants, Refugees and Human Trafficking—described a humanitarian crisis unfolding as thousands of migrants attempt to leave the country following heightened enforcement measures.