Somalis displaced by attacks against foreigners in South Africa have been threatening to drown themselves

The migrants were reportedly seeking to be resettled from a camp outside Cape Town that had been set up after the recent violence. A wave of anti-foreigner violence broke out in May 2008 north of Johannesburg and spread across the country. At least 70,000 people fled the attacks and more than 50 people were killed. Many foreigners took refuge in makeshift camps where conditions were poor, while others fled back to their home countries. The Red Cross said 36,000 people have returned to Mozambique from South Africa, while an estimated 1,900 people had fled to Malawi.