South African protesters go door-to-door forcing immigrants from their homes

South Africa, where millions of people are unemployed, has seen a ​surge in anti-immigrant sentiment in recent months, culminating in nationwide protests on June 30, an informal deadline set ​for undocumented immigrants to leave the country.

Groups of anti-immigration South Africans seized foreigners from their homes in Johannesburg on Thursday ​and handed them to police in a hardening of protests that have sown fear ‌in communities and strained ties with some countries.

Malawi's government ⁠said ​on Thursday that over 38,000 of its citizens had returned from ​South Africa in recent weeks, as part of a massive repatriation effort due to safety concerns.