. >> reporter: he came to south africa from mozambeke in 1971.w emmanuel was murdered during the resent wave of xenophobic attacks against migrant workers. >> translator: when the nurse told me he was gone i was broken because when his father died he left him with me to look after. why has god taken him away from us? >> reporter: the family is scared and trying to cope. the attack on emmanuel was caught on camera but a south african journalist. >> translator: i cannot eat or sleep. he is always in my mind, the picture of how he died is always there. >> reporter: this is the spot where emmanuel was so brutally killed, now four men were arrested and are expected to stand trial for his murder but there are a number of families who lost loved ones in xenophobia violence in 2008 and have given up waiting for justice. he came in 2008 from democratic republic of congo and attacked on a bus in 2008 in johannesburg and said he had all the necessary paperwork to legally work in south africa. >> south africa migrant guilty until proven incents and when you

were in a camp here in durban this morning, one of to camps and a thousand migrant workers from mozambekeowae and the congo and have buses and some promised to transport them out to go back to their home countries and we spoke to a gentleman from mozambique and married to a south africa woman saying how his shop had been bombed and torched and the men that attacked him threatened to him him if he didn't leave and fear in the camp and generally across south africa with the migrant population there was another reported killing in johanesburg and alexandria and a man smashed it with a monkey wrench and stabbed to death in mozambique and looting going on in businesses there as well so it is really hoped today certainly in durban that the speak by the king can go some way to stopping this violence because it is a huge embarrassment for south africa. >> let's hope so indeed thanks so much charles stratford there. the u.n. is condemning al-shabab attack that killed at least seven staff in northern somalia and exploded in the region four foreign nationals and three somalis killed in the attack. n

. >> reporter: came to south africa from mozambeke in 71 and his nephew was murdered during the resente of xenophobic attacks against migrant workers. >> translator: when the nurse told me he was gone i was broken because when his father died he left him with me to look after. why has god taken him away from us? >> reporter: the family is scared and trying to cope. the attack on a nine-year-old was caught on camera but a south africa journalist. >> translator: i cannot eat or sleep. he is always in my mind the picture of how he died is always there. >> reporter: this is a spot where he was so brutally killed now four men were arrested and are expected to stand trial for his murder but a number of people lost family from violence in 2008 who have given up waiting for justice and he came to south africa in 2007 from democratic republic of congo, he was attacked on a bus this 2008 in johannesburg and said he had the paperwork to legally work in south africa. >> south africa migrant guilty or innocent and when you are reporting a case if it's against a south african it's very hard to have

simply because they are from ethiopia somalia and pakistan and all other neighboring countries, mozambekegeted not only business owners and anger is at foreigners in general. >>> still to come in the program behind bars without trial or charge, israel continues to detain thousands of palestinians despite protests. ♪ remainder of the top stories on al jazeera rome appealing for help for the unprecedented flood of migrants and a boat load arrived in italy on friday morning heavily bruised and bandage and people drown on migrant boats in the mediterranean. they fired rubber coated bullets to disburse migrants and a series of attacks against migrants in the past two weeks. the u.n. is launching appeal for almost 275 million dollars to meet humanitarian needs in yemen and says 150,000 people have been displaced since the fighting started, on thursday yemen vice president calls on houthi rebels to end offensive. a saudi-led air campaign against shia houthi fighters continues. [gunfire] on the ground fighters loyal to yemen's president haidi continue the push against rebels and a clash against t

migrants we have spoken to, we very were in a camp earlier today and spoke to members of the no -- mozambekefied and said no matter what the king said they do not feel safe enough to remain in south africa and awaiting for the buses the government offered to repatriate them and one person was married to one himself and has been petrol bombed and had been threatened attackers threatened to kill and also attack last night in alexandria in johannesburg where a man was stabbed to death, there is a lot of fear here among the migrant worker forces here in south africa and certainly a speech given today by the king can calm those fears. >> all right thanks so much charles stratford there. let's continue to talk about this. joining us live in the studio is a former bureau chief for al jazeera south africa and researcher at al jazeera center for studies and good to have you with us as always. if all of this can be provoked so quickly by so few words is it not a sign of deeper societal problems at play here? >> that is true and i think it's important to remember that these are not about attacks in sou