Xenophobia Victims in South Africa Flee Violence, Then Return

Many Malawians fled South Africa early this year after xenophobic attacks on African immigrants. But many quickly found life was no better at home and have returned to South Africa – often illegally and without jobs, and facing the tough task of having to start over. Vincent Phiri is among the tens of thousands of immigrants who fled South Africa amid a wave of xenophobic attacks earlier this year. He had seen TV reports in Malawi that seven of his countrymen were killed in the...

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