article_snippet.sent: Fearing for their lives, hundreds of African immigrants have begun arriving in hundreds of African immigrants home countries after fleeing the bloody violence that has swept across South Africa.
article_snippet.sent: Those killed in the anti-immigrant unrest included two Malawians, according to Malawi.
article_snippet.sent: South African authorities have struggled to contain mobs in the economic capital Johannesburg and Durban who have been attacking foreigners from Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and other African countries .
article_snippet.sent: The outbreak of violence in South Africa against immigrants has tarnished the reputation of a country that has one of the biggest economies on the continent and has been a destination for people seeking opportunity and an escape from turbulence elsewhere in Africa.
article_snippet.sent: Now the government is struggling to contain negative fallout from attacks on immigrants in some areas of Durban and Johannesburg that killed seven people since the end of March.
article_snippet.sent: The attacks in South Africa stem from a perception that immigrants, many from other African countries, are taking jobs at the expense of South Africans in a country with high unemployment.
article_snippet.sent: Many people have entered South Africa illegally, though South Africa has said a large number of immigrants are working legally and contributing to economic development.
article_snippet.sent: the anti-immigrant violence recalls similar unrest in South Africa in 2008 in which 60 people died.
article_snippet.sent: the anti-immigrant violence is particularly unfortunate because other African nations provided shelter and other aid to South African activists during the battle against white minority rule, said Xingwana, the South African diplomat in Ghana. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Among thousands of African immigrants who have fled home amid attacks .
  