article_snippet.sent: Their first target: the Johannesburg suburb of Jeppestown, where xenophobic violence broke out on Friday.
article_snippet.sent: We are coming in because they need that support," she said after visiting Johannesburg's Alexandra township, one area where mobs have attacked immigrants from other African nations and looted their shops -- ostensibly based on the belief that immigrants are taking South Africans' jobs.
article_snippet.sent: Seven people have been killed in recent violence against poorer immigrants, many from South Africa's neighbors.
article_snippet.sent: Xenophobic killing caught by photographer .
article_snippet.sent: Much of this month's violence happened in the port city of Durban, where at least two foreigners and three South Africans were killed after mobs with machetes attacked immigrant shops.
article_snippet.sent: Similar violence happened late last week in Johannesburg, where immigrant-owned shops were looted or destroyed.
article_snippet.sent: The attacks came as residents accused immigrants of taking their jobs and committing crimes.
article_snippet.sent: The United Nations said The attacks began in March after a labor dispute between citizens and foreign workers.
article_snippet.sent: What's behind The attacks?
highlights_snippet.sent: Seven people have been killed in recent violence against poorer immigrants .