The Kenyan Peasants League (KPL) has requested the United Nations to issue an "Urgent Appeal" to the South African government requesting immediate precautionary measures to protect migrant workers who according to the league are facing discriminatory violence in South Africa. The submission was made to the Special Procedures Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas.  The league says the request establishes that discrimination based on nationality is unabated and continuing.  According to the league the Submission lays out how South Africa is violating its obligations under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP) and requests that the country fulfil these obligations.Tsepiso Mkwetla spoke to General Coordinator of Kenyan Peasants League David Otieno….

<p>The Kenyan Peasants League (KPL) has requested the United Nations to issue an "Urgent Appeal" to the South African government requesting immediate precautionary measures to protect migrant workers who according to the league are facing discriminatory violence in South Africa. The submission was made to the Special Procedures Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. &nbsp;The league says the request establishes that discrimination based on nationality is unabated and continuing. &nbsp;According to the league the Submission lays out how South Africa is violating its obligations under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP) and requests that the country fulfil these obligations.Tsepiso Mkwetla spoke to General Coordinator of Kenyan Peasants League David Otieno&hellip;.</p>