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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at rising xenophobia in South Africa, indirect U.S.-Iran negotiations in Qatar, and a massive Ukrainian bombardment of Russia.

Widespread anti-immigrant rallies kicked off across South Africa on Tuesday, as thousands of demonstrators demanded that all undocumented migrants leave the country immediately. “For ​the next six months, we are asking for our national resources to be used to take the illegal immigrants out of this country,” said Jacinta Ngobese, the leader of March and March, which organized the event. “From building to building, they ​must go.”

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at rising xenophobia in South Africa, indirect U.S.-Iran negotiations in Qatar, and a massive Ukrainian bombardment of Russia.

Widespread anti-immigrant rallies kicked off across South Africa on Tuesday, as thousands of demonstrators demanded that all undocumented migrants leave the country immediately. “For ​the next six months, we are asking for our national resources to be used to take the illegal immigrants out of this country,” said Jacinta Ngobese, the leader of March and March, which organized the event. “From building to building, they ​must go.”

Anti-immigrant groups gave migrants a “deadline” of June 30 to self-deport or face arrest and deportation, with Ngobese vowing on Tuesday to hold weekly marches until the group’s objectives are met. Although South African President Cyril Ramaphosa warned protesters to remain peaceful and not to engage in vigilantism, fear of violence has prompted thousands of people—both undocumented migrants as well as foreign nationals in South Africa legally—to flee the country.

Protesters have accused foreign nationals, mostly from other African countries, of committing crimes and taking away jobs and resources from South Africa’s citizens. Within just a few weeks, their movement gained nationwide traction—and quickly turned violent and, in some cases, even deadly. Last month, demonstrators set fire to more than 50 shacks in the harbor town of Mossel Bay, killing several foreign nationals. Protest........

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