Firefighters spray water into a burning vehicle following clashes between local residents and foreign nationals in Soweto on October 8, 2026. The clashes followed protests over a Constitutional Court ruling concerning the processing of asylum applications in South Africa. South African protesters and foreign nationals clashed Thursday, police and an AFP reporter said, as tensions over migration were reignited by a court order that government must restart processing asylum applications. Violence erupted in Soweto, in Johannesburg, and the east coast port city of Durban, with several cars torched and foreign-run businesses forced to close. It followed protests called by anti-illegal migration movements that were behind waves of demonstrations earlier this year that led tens of thousands of nationals of other African countries to flee the country. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP via Getty Images)

Car are set alight during clashes between protesters and foreign nationals in Durban on October 8, 2026. Several vehicles were set alight during the confrontation amid tensions over undocumented immigration and foreign nationals. South African protesters and foreign nationals clashed Thursday, police and an AFP reporter said, as tensions over migration were reignited by a court order that government must restart processing asylum applications. Violence erupted in Soweto, in Johannesburg, and the east coast port city of Durban, with several cars torched and foreign-run businesses forced to close. It followed protests called by anti-illegal migration movements that were behind waves of demonstrations earlier this year that led tens of thousands of nationals of other African countries to flee the country. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP via Getty Images)

Protestors gather during clashes between protesters and foreign nationals in Durban on October 8, 2026. Several vehicles were set alight during the confrontation amid tensions over undocumented immigration and foreign nationals. South African protesters and foreign nationals clashed Thursday, police and an AFP reporter said, as tensions over migration were reignited by a court order that government must restart processing asylum applications. Violence erupted in Soweto, in Johannesburg, and the east coast port city of Durban, with several cars torched and foreign-run businesses forced to close. It followed protests called by anti-illegal migration movements that were behind waves of demonstrations earlier this year that led tens of thousands of nationals of other African countries to flee the country. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP via Getty Images)

Smoke billows after clashes erupted between protesters and foreign nationals in Durban on October 8, 2026. Several vehicles were set alight during the confrontation amid tensions over undocumented immigration and foreign nationals. South African protesters and foreign nationals clashed Thursday, police and an AFP reporter said, as tensions over migration were reignited by a court order that government must restart processing asylum applications. Violence erupted in Soweto, in Johannesburg, and the east coast port city of Durban, with several cars torched and foreign-run businesses forced to close. It followed protests called by anti-illegal migration movements that were behind waves of demonstrations earlier this year that led tens of thousands of nationals of other African countries to flee the country. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A car is set alight after clashes erupted between protesters and foreign nationals in Durban on October 8, 2026. Several vehicles were set alight during the confrontation amid tensions over undocumented immigration and foreign nationals. South African protesters and foreign nationals clashed Thursday, police and an AFP reporter said, as tensions over migration were reignited by a court order that government must restart processing asylum applications. Violence erupted in Soweto, in Johannesburg, and the east coast port city of Durban, with several cars torched and foreign-run businesses forced to close. It followed protests called by anti-illegal migration movements that were behind waves of demonstrations earlier this year that led tens of thousands of nationals of other African countries to flee the country. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - Israeli security attempt to remove ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocking a road during a protest against conscription into the Israeli army, in Jerusalem on October 8, 2026. With the Israeli military facing manpower shortages, the debate over exemptions from military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews has evolved into a broader argument over Israel's identity. Israel goes to the polls on October 27, 2026, and voters will weigh in on conscription, the economy and how the state should investigate its inability to prevent the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas. (Photo by Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - Two cars are set alight after clashes erupted between protesters and foreign nationals in Durban on October 8, 2026. Several vehicles were set alight during the confrontation amid tensions over undocumented immigration and foreign nationals. South African protesters and foreign nationals clashed Thursday, police and an AFP reporter said, as tensions over migration were reignited by a court order that government must restart processing asylum applications. Violence erupted in Soweto, in Johannesburg, and the east coast port city of Durban, with several cars torched and foreign-run businesses forced to close. It followed protests called by anti-illegal migration movements that were behind waves of demonstrations earlier this year that led tens of thousands of nationals of other African countries to flee the country. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man protects a youth as Israeli mounted police disperse ultra-Orthodox men during a protest against conscription into the Israeli army, in Jerusalem on October 8, 2026. With the Israeli military facing manpower shortages, the debate over exemptions from military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews has evolved into a broader argument over Israel's identity. Israel goes to the polls on October 27, 2026, and voters will weigh in on conscription, the economy and how the state should investigate its inability to prevent the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas. (Photo by Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP via Getty Images)