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An Africa where the human rights of people on the move are ensured and their dignity is promoted

What we do
AHMR Journal

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Atlas of African Migration

Discover human mobility across Africa with migration profiles detailing the demographics, patterns, and history of each country

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WHO WE ARE

Established in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2014, the Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA) conducts research that contributes to informed policy-making and promotes the rights and dignity of migrants and refugees in Africa.

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Our Mission

To conduct and disseminate research that contributes to the understanding of human mobility and informs policies that ensure the rights and dignity of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Africa.

BLOG ON THE MOVE

SIHMA Christmas Message for 2024

Dec 17, 2024

Dear readers, We wish all who celebrate Christmas, whose faith opens them to embracing vulnerability - through this vulnerable Baby - we wish you blessings for this season. For those whose faith has different...

Madagascar and Djibouti Shipwrecks Highlight Migrants' Deadly Journeys on the East African Route

The Impact of International Sanctions on Zimbabwe’s Migratory Regime

SIHMA at the African Union Free Movement Protocol (FMP) Consultation Meeting

Research Request

The staff at SIHMA and Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town value the interest shown by students, academics and other researchers who seek the assistance of our organisations to aid their studies/research projects. Please note that only high quality, novel and methodologically sound proposals will be considered. You can complete the application form by clicking on the button below. Please read all related information carefully.

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Journal AHMR AND Last publications
AHMR volume 10 number 2 May-August 2024
AHMR Volume 10 Number 1 January - April 2024
AHMR Volume 9 Number 3 September - December 2023
online issues
Pathways of wellbeing and (un)belonging: Understanding the experience of migrant youth in alternative care and recently out of care in Cape Town
SIHMA Annual Report 2023
Border towns and spaces of (in)visibility

Media and galleries

We care for climate (ASCS Youth Group, Chieri TO, Italy)

On August 1st-2nd, SIHMA took part in the Free Movement Protocol (FMP) Consultation Meeting, a conference organized by the African Union and fundend by the European Union about the implementation of the Free Movement...

Training with LEISAD ONG, Abidjan (Ivory Coast) March 2022
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Galleries