In pictures: Ivorian migrants targeted

French troops have arrived in the Ivory Coast capital, Yamoussoukro, to protect French as well as other nationals caught up in what the Ivorian Government is calling a coup attempt.

Diplomats and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees say migrants from neighbouring countries in particular have been targeted on suspicion of supporting the coup.

Foreigners were ordered to leave their homes in a slum suspected of harbouring rebels

Foreign nationals' homes were burnt down after foreigners were blamed for helping the coup

Children of foreign nationals have not been spared

Migrants from neighbouring countries say they have been beaten up and arrested by Ivorian police

The UNHCR says dozens of foreign nationals have been displaced following the coup attempt