Thousands Flee After Anti-Immigrant Violence Strikes South Africa

NPR

Published April 16, 2015 at 4:39 PM EDT

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with South African journalist S'thembile Cele about how violence against immigrants has flared in South Africa. At least five people have been killed, and more than two thousand have fled to makeshift camps and police stations.

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