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South Africa criticised over immigrant crisis

Al Jazeera's Stefanie Dekker reports on the government of South Africa, which is facing increasing criticism about the way it is handling the immigrant crisis.

A number of camps have been set up to shelter thousands of foreigners displaced by attacks from South Africans against them.

But the immigrants say the government is still not doing enough to protect them against xenophobia.

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