South Africa: WCC Urges South African Government to Demonstrate Leadership After Recent Xenophobic Attacks

press release

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has taken a clear stand against recent violent attacks against migrants in South Africa, reaffirming churches' positions against racist, ethnocentrist and xenophobic acts of violence.

Noting the special vulnerability of migrants and migrant workers, a statement issued in Geneva on 24 April by the general secretary of the WCC urges leaders in South Africa, as well as in other countries in the region, to promote the observance of human rights at all times.

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