杰拉尔德·伊姆雷 开普敦，南非 —— 警方周四表示，在南非东海岸城市德班的一次抗议游行中，一名外国公民被约50人的一群人殴打致死，随着反移民紧张局势持续升温，非洲最发达经济体的局势愈发紧张。
GERALD IMRAY CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A foreign citizen was beaten to death by a group of around 50 people during a protest march in South Africa’s east coast city of Durban, police said Thursday, as anti-immigrant tensions continue to flare in Africa’s most advanced economy .
警方称，这群人走近当时正站在德班市中心街道游行队伍路边的这名男子，并对他实施了殴打。
Police said the group approached the man, who was standing at the side of a road during a march through the streets of Durban’s city center, and assaulted him.
警方暂未透露该男子的国籍，也未说明游行的具体诉求。他们表示，受害者年龄在30多岁或40岁出头，目前仍在努力确认袭击嫌疑人身份。
Police did not immediately give the man’s nationality or details on what the march was related to. They said the victim was in his 30s or early 40s, and they were still trying to identify suspects in the attack.
南非数月来一直深受反移民紧张局势困扰。要求政府打击非法滞留移民的游行有时会演变成暴力冲突。
South Africa has struggled with months of anti-immigration tensions. Marches calling for government action against migrants in the country illegally have sometimes spilled over into violence.
尼日利亚、莫桑比克、马拉维等国表示，其部分公民在与反移民抗议有关的仇外袭击中丧生。南非当局对其中一些指控提出异议，并称部分死亡案件系刑事犯罪所致，与抗议活动无关。
Nigeria, Mozambique, Malawi and other countries have said some of their citizens have been killed in xenophobic attacks linked to the anti-immigration protests. South African authorities have disputed some of those claims and said some deaths were related to criminal activity and not the protests.
近几个月来，数万名移民离开南非，形成近年来最大规模的外流潮之一。许多人表示是因担心当地愤怒民众的暴力威胁而离开，但政府也表示，许多人因没有合法证件在南非居留而被驱逐出境。
Tens of thousands of migrants have left South Africa in recent months in one of the biggest mass exoduses in years. Many cite the threat of violence from angry locals, though the government also said that many were deported for not having the proper documents to be in South Africa.
作为非洲最大经济体，南非吸引了来自非洲大陆许多国家的移民，但由于该国极高的失业率和公共服务不堪重负，这有时会引发社区内部的紧张关系。
As Africa’s biggest economy, South Africa attracts migrants from many nations on the continent , but that has sometimes brought tensions within communities because of the country’s extremely high unemployment rate and overburdened public services.
德班是南非第三大城市，人口近400万，已成为今年反移民紧张局势升级的热点地区。
Durban, South Africa’s third biggest city of nearly four million people, has become a hotspot for the anti-immigrant tensions that have surged this year.
6月，数千名主要来自马拉维的移民聚集在该市的一个公园，寻求被遣返回国。他们声称，在一个抗议团体要求无证移民于6月30日前离开南非后，他们正逃离暴力威胁。
In June, thousands of migrants mainly from Malawi gathered at a park in the city seeking to be repatriated to their home country. They claimed they were fleeing threats of violence after a protest group demanded undocumented migrants leave South Africa by June 30.
随着寻求离境的移民营地迅速扩大，当局不得不建设更多临时安置中心以应对人数激增。
The camp of migrants seeking to leave grew so quickly that authorities had to build more temporary accommodation centers to handle the numbers.
本月，在法院的一项裁决使外国公民在南非申请庇护变得更容易后，许多人前往政府大楼提出申请，引发当地居民反应，约翰内斯堡索韦托城镇发生汽车被焚毁、商店遭洗劫事件。
This month, cars were torched and shops were looted in the Johannesburg township of Soweto after a court ruling made it easier for foreign citizens to claim asylum in South Africa, leading to many making applications at government buildings and sparking a reaction from locals.
南非总统西里尔·拉马福萨谴责了与移民有关的暴力行为，但也承认多年来边境管控系统存在失效，导致移民能够无证前往并滞留南非。
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has denounced violence related to immigration but has also acknowledged failures in the border control system over years that have allowed migrants to travel to and stay in South Africa without documentation.
南非政府官方数据显示，在该国6200万人口中，约有240万外国公民；但抗议者称，还有许多无证在南非、未被统计在内的移民。美联社非洲新闻：
South Africa’s official government figures show there are around 2.4 million foreign nationals among the country’s population of 62 million, but protesters say there are many more in South Africa without documentation who haven’t been counted. AP Africa news: