Escalating xenophobic violence in South Africa has led to displacement, with hundreds of refugees forced to sleep outside police stations after their homes were destroyed in attacks.

Xenophobic violence and displacement are escalating across South Africa as tensions over foreign nationals boil over. In Mossel Bay, two Mozambicans were killed and dozens of homes torched in informal settlements, in attacks residents have linked to ethnic targeting – leaving hundreds displaced and entire areas in ruins. Outside Durban’s Department of Home Affairs, dozens of Congolese nationals remain after similar xenophobic protests forced them from their homes.