‘They will attack me if I stay’: immigrants in South Africa flee for safety amid violence and anti-foreigner protests

More than 2,000 anti-foreigner protesters march through Durban city centre as the arbitrary deadline passes for undocumented migrants to leave the country South Africa was holding its breath on Tuesday as mass anti-immigration protests were held across the country. They come after a weeks-long campaign against foreigners that has seen at least four killed and tens of thousands fleeing for safety. In the coastal city of Durban, where violence had been expected, the streets were unusually quiet...

By Julie Bourdin in Durban

Thousands of police deployed across South Africa as deadly anti-immigration protests spread to multiple cities

Thousands of police deployed across South Africa as deadly anti-immigration protests spread across multiple cities, with looting and clashes reported.

How is South Africa dealing with immigration?

Anti-migrant groups had given a deadline to undocumented foreigners to leave by June 30.

South African anti-migrant protests are a political scapegoat based on lies, says activist

While some South Africans are chasing migrants out of the country with threats and violence, others are rallying to help those running for their lives. Sharon Ekambaram is one of those helpers.

South Africa on edge amid anti-migrant protests

Anti-immigrant groups set June 30 as an unofficial "deadline" for undocumented migrants to leave, with protests taking place across South Africa. DW has more.

South Africa's anti-migrant protesters march nationwide, after thousands flee violence

Thousands of people marched across South Africa on Tuesday to demand the departure of undocumented foreign nationals after a weeks-long campaign that has sent thousands fleeing and claimed four lives. Police were out in force for nationwide protests which capped demonstrations led by citizen-led groups who set an unofficial June 30 deadline for foreigners without papers to leave. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Fredson Guilengue, Senior Regional Programme Manager at the Rosa Luxemburg ...

By Sharon GAFFNEY

Anti-migrant protests draw thousands across South Africa

The protests have stoked fears of xenophobic violence on a scale that erupted in South Africa in 2008, when 62 people were killed in a wave of attacks.

South Africa’s anti-migrant protesters march nationwide, after thousands flee violence

Anti-immigrant protesters draped in flags and wielding wooden weapons marched ​across cities in South Africa on Tuesday to mark a deadline they had set for undocumented migrants to leave, with some marches hit by violence ‌and looting.

By Abubakar Ibrahim