IN a striking demonstration of Africa’s fractured migration politics, Ghana is simultaneously executing two opposing state functions: airlifting 300 of its citizens out of South Africa to escape alleged xenophobic violence, while its security forces raid domestic slums to arrest and deport illegal immigrants of other nationalities. The dual-track policy, approved by Foreign Minister Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa, exposes a profound irony at the heart of Ghana’s foreign and domestic strategy. Accra demands Pan-African protection for its diaspora in Pretoria while exercising uncompromising sovereign border control against West African neighbors in Madina. The evacuation follows a formal advisory from Ghana’s High…