South Africa: Camp Houses 300 Displaced Migrants, April 2015

After a wave of xenophobic attacks, migrants working and living in Isipingo and Malukazi just outside of Durban fled their homes last week. The attacks come after King Goodwill Zwelithini allegedly ordered foreigners to pack up and go back to their home countries. Victims fled to the Isipingo police station on Monday 30 March. A day later, a camp was set up for the displaced people at Isipingo beach sports ground. This is the first time a camp of this nature has had to be opened in or around Durban. Although at the time The Daily Vox visited the camp, the number of displaced people had not yet been recorded, an official estimated that it housed more than 300 displaced foreign nationals.