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During two weeks in May, 2008, a series of attacks took place all over South Africa. In a clash between the poorest of the poor, gangs of local black South Africans descended on informal settlements and shanty towns, armed with clubs, machetes and torches, and attacked immigrants from Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabawe.

Locals accused these immigrants of taking jobs away from them, among other grievances. Over the course of those two weeks, over 60 foreigners were killed, several hundred injured, and many thousands of immigrants are now displaced, or are returning to their home countries. Dealing with the aftermath of the attacks has become a large problem for South Africa - prosecuting attackers, accommodating refugees, dealing with a labor shortage, political damage control, seeking to address root causes, and some soul-searching are all taking place.

Source : http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/200...th_africa.html

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A human smuggler cuts a border fence while illegally bringing Zimbabwaen refugees across the border into South Africa May 27, 2008 near Musina, South Africa. Facing economic strife and political oppression at home, Zimbabwaens continue to flood accross the border, despite recent violent attacks against foreign immigrants in South Africa. A human rights group recently reported that up to 49,000 Zimbabwaens are illegally crossing into South Africa each month, adding to the 3-5 million Zimbabwaen refugees already residing in South Africa.

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Immigrants, most from Zimbabwe, rush the gate to apply for refugee asylum permits at a government refugee center June 17, 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Officials were overwhelmed by the crowd of thousands that appeared Tuesday morning, after a three day weekend in South Africa. The wave of immigrants crossing illegally from Zimbabwe continues, despite the xenophobic violence against immigrants last month. (

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A man peers through the window as a train carrying displaced immigrants leaves from Johannesburg to neighboring Mozambique Tuesday, May 27, 2008. While the violence was dying down, thousands of displaced people remained in camps and foreigners were streaming back home.

[Psychonautical]

It's not even necessary to make connections between this and what happens in the U.S.

[Blewvane]

Should just shoot them all, it's not like the world is going to miss a few million dead african law breaking bums. That could be the theme for the next mega hit tv show Survivor Africa.

[Blewvane]

Originally Posted by Psychonautical ↗

It's not even necessary to make connections between this and what happens in the U.S.

What does this have to do with the US?

[Psychonautical]

Originally Posted by Blewvane ↗

What does this have to do with the US?

For real?

[güttsfükk]

i also dont know what the similarities to the states are

[Psychonautical]

One of the main complaints as I have heard about the United States when it comes to Mexican immigrants are that they are taking away jobs.

Locals accused these immigrants of taking jobs away from them, among other grievances.

Along that line, I was also pointing out the second portion of your post where it shows the human smuggler as they call it. Something that happens in the States as well.

I'm not saying that Americans have been going around dealing mob justice to illegal immigrants. But it's not as though people here in the states haven't shown the capacity to do so.

I feel like you guys must be joking about not seeing these similarities.