TY - JOUR
T1 - Xenophobia in South Africa
T2 - A Human Security Perspective on African Foreign Nationals in Durban
AU - Cinini, Samuel Fikiri
AU - Singh, Balgobind Shanta
PY - 2019/8/1
Y1 - 2019/8/1
N2 - South Africa now has the unfortunate reputation as one of the more hostile destinations in the world for African migrants. The violence that took place in 2008 and 2015, as well as the hate crimes that occur with everyday regularity, present a pressing human rights concern. This violence and hate crimes were previously considered as mere sentiments of hatred or negative attitudes towards foreigners. This research provides a different way of understanding xenophobia. It suggests that xenophobia can best be understood as series of crimes against foreign nationals - which are violent in nature leading to physical beating, killing and the looting of goods as well as destroy of property owned by foreign nationals. As with anyone, foreigner nationals living in South Africa should have unhindered access to the socio-economic and cultural facilities available in the communities in which they live. This would make them feel part of the community.
AB - South Africa now has the unfortunate reputation as one of the more hostile destinations in the world for African migrants. The violence that took place in 2008 and 2015, as well as the hate crimes that occur with everyday regularity, present a pressing human rights concern. This violence and hate crimes were previously considered as mere sentiments of hatred or negative attitudes towards foreigners. This research provides a different way of understanding xenophobia. It suggests that xenophobia can best be understood as series of crimes against foreign nationals - which are violent in nature leading to physical beating, killing and the looting of goods as well as destroy of property owned by foreign nationals. As with anyone, foreigner nationals living in South Africa should have unhindered access to the socio-economic and cultural facilities available in the communities in which they live. This would make them feel part of the community.
KW - Foreign nationals
KW - Xenophobia
KW - Safety and security
KW - Human security
U2 - 10.31920/2056-5658/2019/v6n2a3
DO - 10.31920/2056-5658/2019/v6n2a3
M3 - Article
SN - 2056-5658
VL - 6
SP - 51
EP - 73
JO - Journal of African Foreign Affairs (JoAFA)
JF - Journal of African Foreign Affairs (JoAFA)
IS - 2
ER -