Officials tried to ease public anger by penalizing networks run by gangs and organized crime. Experts and critics say the actions are unlikely to make much impact.
Migrants left coastal France near Calais this month in an attempt to reach Britain. The number of migrants arriving in small boats after crossing the English Channel has surged in the past year.
A bonfire topped with an effigy of a migrant boat. Homes set alight. During the Troubles, similar tactics were used to target Irish Catholics in the territory.
A fire set in the streets during an anti-immigrant riot last month in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. Violence there erupted after two boys were charged with the attempted oral rape of a teenage girl.
The police minister was suspended amid allegations that he had protected figures with ties to a criminal syndicate, adding pressure on the country’s embattled government.
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, who has been facing turmoil from within his coalition government, announced on Sunday that he was forming a commission to investigate allegations against Senzo Mchunu, the country’s police minister.
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