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.
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