Mozambique reports that at least five of its nationals were killed in a xenophobic attack in Mossel Bay, a coastal city in South Africa's Western Cape province. More than 500 Mozambican migrants are now sheltered in temporary facilities while repatriation operations are underway.

Xenophobic violence and displacement are escalating across South Africa as tensions over foreign nationals boil over. In Mossel Bay, two Mozambicans were killed and dozens of homes torched in informal settlements, in attacks residents have linked to ethnic targeting – leaving hundreds displaced and entire areas in ruins. Outside Durban’s Department of Home Affairs, dozens of Congolese nationals remain after similar xenophobic protests forced them from their homes.