Immigrants describe threats in South Africa

Fearful immigrants in South Africa who fled their homes because of threats and deadly attacks by South Africans say they were targeted in some cases by longtime neighbours and people who warned they would assault anyone carrying a foreign passport.
The immigrants spoke today in interviews with The Associated Press at a tent camp after they hurriedly left Alexandra township in Johannesburg, where mobs attacked shops owned by people from other African countries, including Congo and Somalia.
Veronica Lechaea comes from the southern African country of Lesotho and works as an office cleaner in Johannesburg. She says she left Alexandra after hearing that anybody without a South African identification card would be attacked.

The attacks stem from a perception that immigrants are taking jobs at the expense of South Africans.