Cassim Malani.

HUMANITARIAN organisations and volunteers are rallying to support thousands of displaced immigrants, providing essential supplies and working towards their repatriation.

More than 7,000 immigrants await repatriation at the Sherwood grounds, in Durban.

Gift of the Needy, Muslim Relief South Africa and the Gift of the Givers have mobilised to assist vulnerable families; and women and children living in the temporary tents.

Faiaz Magid, founder of the Overport-based Gift of the Needy, said they began providing relief from last June 9.