Coalition petitions SAHRC over rising xenophobic vigilantism

A COALITION of migrant rights organisations and civil society groups has petitioned the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), urging urgent intervention against a growing wave of xenophobic vigilantism targeting foreign nationals in some parts of South Africa.

The appeal comes amid renewed tensions over migration, unemployment and service delivery in South Africa, where anti-migrant groups have increasingly sought to take immigration enforcement into their own hands. Rights groups warn that such actions threaten constitutional protections, risk fuelling violence and can trigger displacement of vulnerable communities.

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