COMMENTS: From Damascus to Johannesburg
NBC's Lester Holt covered a second, even greater exodus: "Zimbabweans, often risking their lives crossing dangerous waters, are fleeing their country by the millions." Holt recapped the collapse of Zimbabwe's economy over the past seven years, culminating in 80% unemployment and 7000% annual inflation. "The humanitarian crisis has divided South Africans over whether the arriving Zimbabweans are political refugees or simply economic migrants." By the way, the "danger" in those waters was crocodiles.
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