Foreigners in South Africa appeal to be relocated after xenophobic attacks

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Hundreds of foreign nationals on Wednesday took to the streets of Cape Town, demanding to be relocated from South Africa after camping at the UN refugee agency offices for a week.

The foreigners, many of whom described themselves as asylum-seekers, say they no longer feel safe in South Africa after a surge of xenophobic attacks last month.Many of the protesters have been camping at the offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Cape Town since October 9, vowing not to leave the premises until the agency addressed their concerns.The numbers had grown steadily over the past week, spilling out from corridors to the kerb outside the building.

Xenophobic violence left at least 62 dead that year. Seven people were killed in 2015 and 12 died in the latest spate of attacks this year — most of them South African. The incidents occurred mainly in the Johannesburg area. Seen as competing with locals for jobs, they are often the first to come under fire when South Africa’s chronic unemployment and inequality boils into resentment.

“Preserving fair and efficient asylum systems is vital,” said Filippo Grandi in a statement on Wednesday.

 

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