President Cyril Ramaphosa.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans not to blame migrants for the country's problems, after a recent wave of anti-immigrant unrest and violence.
South Africa has long attracted migrant workers from across the continent, both legally and illegally. In recent weeks, groups of protestors have marched through parts of the country ordering foreigners with no residency papers to leave by June 30.
"There are some who blame the problems of the current government, of unemployment and crime and poor service delivery, on foreign nationals," Ramaphosa said in a speech marking Youth Day, commemorating the 1976 Soweto Uprising.
"Even as we recognise the challenge of illegal immigration... which we are taking decisive action to address, our problems are... our own problems, and which we have a responsibility to fix ourselves," he said.
