African ambassadors in China have written to the Chinese foreign minister to express their concerns over the discrimination against Africans, especially in Guangzhou.
Several African countries have separately also demanded that China address their concerns that Africans are being mistreated and harassed.
Africans in Guangzhou have reportedly been ejected from their apartments by their landlords. They have also been subjected to Coronavirus test several times without being given results and being shunned and discriminated against in public.
Videos shared online show Africans stranded, with some forced to sleep on the streets, after being ejected from their hotels and apartments.
The ambassadors’ note highlighted a number of reported incidents, including that Africans were being ejected from hotels in the middle of the night, the seizure of passports, and threats of visa revocation, arrest or deportation.
“The Group of African Ambassadors in Beijing immediately demands the cessation of forceful testing, quarantine and other inhuman treatments meted out to Africans,” it said.
The note was sent to State Councilor Wang Yi, the Chinese government’s top diplomat, copying the chair of the African Union, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and all African foreign ministers.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said in a statement published Sunday “The Guangdong authorities attach great importance to some African countries’ concerns and are working promptly to improve their working method,”