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Somali nationals demonstrate outside Parliament in Cape Town against recent xenophobic attacks and call for the United Nations High Commission on Refugees to take over the running of relief centres June 2, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA)

More than 60 people have been killed and nearly 100,000 foreigners forced from their homes in a wave of attacks by South Africans who accuse them of taking jobs and blame them for crime.

Foreigners from Somalia and other African country's protest outside the South African Parliament against xenophobic attacks in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, June 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

Foreigners from Somalia and other African country's protest outside the South African Parliament against xenophobic attack's in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, June 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

More then 60 people have been killed during violent xenophobic clashes throughout South Africa during the last month. The worst of the violence was concentrated in and around Johannesburg, the country's economic capital and where foreigners have become targets of complaints by locals about high unemployment and crime levels.

Foreigners from Somalia and other African country's protest outside the South African Parliament against xenophobic attacks in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, June 2, 2008. More than 60 people have been killed and nearly 100,000 foreigners forced from their homes in a wave of attacks by South Africans who accuse them of taking jobs and blame them for crime. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

While thousands of the immigrants have fled back to their homelands such as Zimbabwe and Mozambique, many others have been taking shelter in police stations and community centres -- often having to sleep head to toe and with an acute lack of toilet facilities..

Somali nationals confront police during a demonstration outside the Parliament in Cape Town against recent xenophobic attacks, June 2, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings