'Leave or return in coffin' threats driving thousands of immigrants out of South Africa

Thousands of migrants are fleeing South Africa or taking shelter in temporary shelters amidst threats from anti-immigrant groups. "If you don’t leave now, you’re going to leave in a coffin...we don’t need anyone after June 30," a gardener was told. The self-styled vigilantes' demonstrations against undocumented immigrants have led to attacks on both documented and undocumented foreign nationals.

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