Towards Tolerance, Law, and Dignity: Addressing Violence against Foreign Nationals in South Africa

This research report from February 2009 discusses the violence against foreign nationals which occurred in South Africa in May 2008. The report presents the findings of a baseline study commissioned by International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and conducted by the Forced Migration Studies Programme (FMSP) at Wits University in Johannesburg. It outlines the political economy of violence against outsiders and the immediate triggers and factors that helped translate xenophobic attitudes into the violent attacks witnessed in May 2008. The report suggests that there is not enough being done to foster re-integration and communication that will ensure that such events do not happen again.

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