Els responsables de la regió continuen aprofitant els incidents esporàdics per incitar a l'odi i per fer propaganda en contra de diverses organitzacions civils que han advertit públicament sobre l'ús de la xenofòbia com una pantalla de fum per ocultar altres qüestions, com la corrupció del Govern.
Decision-makers in the region continue to use sporadic incidents as incitement for what is often clearly hate speech, as well as for propaganda against several civil society organizations that have publicly warned about the use of xenophobic fear as a smokescreen for other issues in the country, such as government corruption.