which cause South Africans to deplore the influx of newcomers. Attacks on migrants, however, have been denounced by elected South African authorities, who stress their efforts to discourage immigration, and to care for the newcomers after they arrive. It is objected that, while the government's policy can be correct in principle, its execution falls short of satisfactory results. Migrants are arrested, but only a few are prosecuted, and the sentences imposed are relatively light. Prosecution of migrants is limited to cases of manifest crime, and the penalties imposed are never severe.
Original dispatch: South Africa's response to xenophobia is under fire
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