DURBAN: Ethiopian refugee Helana Wolde locked his home and watched on television as thousands of angry demonstrators marched through South Africa this week calling for foreigners like him to leave. His wife and their three South African-born children were terrified, he said in the shop in downtown Durban where he sells coffee and lentils. But after leaving Ethiopia 21 years ago to escape political persecution, he does not see going back as an option.

More than 2,000 anti-foreigner protesters march through Durban city centre as the arbitrary deadline passes for undocumented migrants to leave the country

Thousands of migrants are fleeing South Africa after weeks of anti-foreigner violence culminated in chaotic protests across the country, forcing families to abandon their homes,…