New Delhi, July 10 -- JOHANNESBURG - A woman from Malawi and her young child were led through Alexandra township by anti-immigration protesters Thursday and placed in a police van alongside strangers whose legal status had not been verified. In Soweto, protesters moved building by building, entering homes and demanding papers from residents. South Africa's campaign against undocumented migrants had crossed into house-by-house searches.

over 60,000 Zimbabweans have been repatriated in recent weeks, along with more than 38,000 Malawians and hundreds of Nigerians airlifted home by charter flights organised under diplomatic pressure, Al Jazeera reported.

The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres issued a stark warning Thursday, citing gr...