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===Xenophobia===
{{See also|Xenophobia in South Africa}}
The post-apartheid period has been marked by numerous outbreaks of xenophobic attacks against foreign migrants and asylum seekers from various conflict zones in Africa. An academic study conducted in 2006, found that South Africans showed levels of xenophobia greater than anywhere else in the world.<ref>Jonathan Crush (ed), ''The Perfect Storm: Realities of Xenophobia in Contemporary South Africa'', Southern African Migration Project, University of Cape Town & Queen's University, Canada, 2006, p.1</ref> The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) found that competition over jobs, business opportunities, public services and housing gave rise to tension among refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and host communities, identified as a main cause of the xenophobic violence.<ref>[http://www.unhcr.org/4cd96a569.html UNHCR Global Appeal 2011 – South Africa]</ref> South Africa received more than 207,000 individual asylum applications in 2008 and a further 222,300 in 2009, representing nearly a four-fold rise in both years over the levels seen in 2007. These refugees and asylum seekers originated mainly from [[Zimbabwe]], [[Burundi]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Rwanda]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]] and [[Somalia]].<ref>[http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e485aa6 2011 UNHCR country operations profile – South Africa]</ref>