South African police said more than 900 people were arrested on Tuesday, when \u200bthere were nationwide\u00a0anti-migrant protests\u00a0which were mostly \u200bpeaceful but occasionally descended into violence and looting.<\/p>\n
Tebello \u2060Mosikili, a deputy national police commissioner, told \u200ba press conference that of the 120 marches \u200bthat took place on Tuesday, 108 were peaceful while 12 needed law enforcement to intervene due to unrest.<\/p>\n
Some of those \u200barrested were undocumented migrants detained for violating \u200bimmigration rules, while others were arrested for public violence, harbouring \u200cillegal \u2060immigrants and robbery.<\/p>\n
Mosikili said police reinforcements had been deployed to five of the country’s nine provinces overnight to respond to isolated incidents of looting and \u200bcriminality.<\/p>\n
Soldiers were \u200bsent to \u2060Johannesburg’s Hillbrow neighbourhood to support the police.<\/p>\n
Tuesday’s marches were organised to mark \u200ba “deadline” an anti-immigrant movement had set for \u200bundocumented \u2060migrants to leave South Africa.<\/p>\n
The protests came after months of unrest that have drawn international criticism as \u2060foreigners \u200bhave been driven from their \u200bhomes and seen their businesses and property vandalised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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