article_snippet.sent: Thousands sought refuge in temporary shelters after mobs with machetes attacked immigrants in Durban.
article_snippet.sent: Gift of the Givers charity, which is helping those seeking refuge said last week that about 8,500 people had fled to refugee centers or police stations because of the violence.
article_snippet.sent: During the Apartheid many South Africans fled persecution and death at the hands of South Africa's government," it said in it statement.
article_snippet.sent: The Gift of Gift of the Givers charity, which is helping those seeking refuge assured immigrants that The Gift of the Givers charity has a facility in Johannesburg to help those who might need shelter there.
article_snippet.sent: Most of the victims were Zimbabweans who had fled repression and dire economic circumstances.