While European leaders are messing their pants over a movie of a lone vigilante killing the worst migrant criminals, this is what actual anti-immigration movements look like: "Thousands of foreign nationals leave South Africa ahead of June 30 'deadline'"--France 24. The article relates:
Anti-immigrant groups in South Africa have set a June 30 "deadline" for undocumented immigrants to leave the country, planning widespread demonstrations on that date and threatening a “national shutdown” if the government does not take significant action on immigration.
Anti-foreigner sentiment has been on the rise in recent months, with protests in several major cities across the country.
Three people, including a Malawian man and two Mozambican nationals, were killed during recent anti-immigration protests in KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape provinces.
South African Police Services launched a special $36 million operation ahead of the new round of protests, with acting Minister of Police Firoz Cachalia saying police would not tolerate violence or lawlessness.
The protests, vandalism, and assaults have convinced many immigrants that there is no "future here anymore." The article continues:
Organisations like Lawyers for Human Rights and Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia have expressed their concern following the recent spate of violent protests.
“What is of concern is the rise of vigilante and anti-rights groups. And this is resulting in attacks on foreign nationals through racial profiling,” said Sharon Ekambaram, who heads the Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme at Lawyers for Human Rights.
Ekambaram said members of her group “are very concerned” about the violence taking place against documented and undocumented foreign nationals, noting that many of the victims are not illegal migrants but actually have legal refugee status in South Africa.
The "racial profiling" going on isn't white versus black, or Indian versus black, but blacks targeting other blacks.
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