Immigration officials from the Department of Home Affairs process documents for foreign nationals at a local park in Durban on June 12, 2026 after they fled their homes amid fears of xenophobic attacks. The group, numbering over 5,900 mostly from Malawi, were left to fend for themselves with only the belongings they could carry. Tensions have been fuelled by public anger over unemployment and slow economic progress. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP via Getty Images)

Immigration officials from the Department of Home Affairs take finger prints in order to process documents for foreign nationals at a local park in Durban on June 12, 2026 after fleeing their homes amid fears of xenophobic attacks. The group, numbering over 5,900 mostly from Malawi, were left to fend for themselves with only the belongings they could carry. Tensions have been fuelled by public anger over unemployment and slow economic progress. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP via Getty Images)

Officials from the Department of Home Affairs take finger prints in order to process documents for foreign nationals at a local park in Durban on June 12, 2026 after fleeing their homes amid fears of xenophobic attacks. The group, numbering over 5,900 mostly from Malawi, were left to fend for themselves with only the belongings they could carry. Tensions have been fuelled by public anger over unemployment and slow economic progress. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP via Getty Images)

Displaced women with children stand in a queue to be documented at a local mobile Home Affairs truck at a local park in Durban on June 12, 2026 after fleeing their homes amid fears of xenophobic attacks. The group, numbering over 5,900 mostly from Malawi, were left to fend for themselves with only the belongings they could carry. Tensions have been fuelled by public anger over unemployment and slow economic progress. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP via Getty Images)

Displaced women with children stand in a queue to be documented at a local mobile Home Affairs truck at a local park in Durban on June 12, 2026 after fleeing their homes amid fears of xenophobic attacks. The group, numbering over 5,900 mostly from Malawi, were left to fend for themselves with only the belongings they could carry. Tensions have been fuelled by public anger over unemployment and slow economic progress. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP via Getty Images)

Hundreds of foreign nationals stand in a queue to receive a pair of shoes and clothing from a local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) at a local park in Durban on June 12, 2026 after fleeing their homes amid fears of xenophobic attacks. The group, numbering over 5,900 mostly from Malawi, were left to fend for themselves with only the belongings they could carry. Tensions have been fuelled by public anger over unemployment and slow economic progress. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP via Getty Images)

Hundreds of foreign nationals stand in a queue to receive a pair of shoes and clothing from a local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) at a local park in Durban on June 12, 2026 after fleeing their homes amid fears of xenophobic attacks. The group, numbering over 5,900 mostly from Malawi, were left to fend for themselves with only the belongings they could carry. Tensions have been fuelled by public anger over unemployment and slow economic progress. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP via Getty Images)

Hundreds of displaced women with children wait for local buses to be repatriated to Malawi at a local park in Durban on June 12, 2026 after fleeing their homes amid fears of xenophobic attacks. The group, numbering over 5,900 mostly from Malawi, were left to fend for themselves with only the belongings they could carry. Tensions have been fuelled by public anger over unemployment and slow economic progress. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP via Getty Images)