June 2023 Press Review
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash International Belarus art festival could renew pressure on Poland’s border. Reuters, 01 June 2023 A visa waiver for participants of an art festival in Belarus in July could serve as a gateway for migrants and renew pressure on Poland's eastern border, a senior Polish security official said on Thursday. Poland has been a refuge for opponents of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, and has become one of Kyiv's staunchest supporters since Belarus' main ally Russia...
“Stay Up” Film Screening Event Reflection
Prepared by Rachel Chinyakata On Sunday the 14th of May, the Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA) in partnership with the St Johns Catholic Parish in Maitland hosted a film screening event for migrants and refugees in Maitland. The film is titled, “Stay Up”, which is a production from STEPS South Africa’s...
“WHAT’S EATING MY MIND?” FILM SCREENING EVENT REFLECTION
Prepared by Rachel Chinyakata On Tuesday the 9th of May, the Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa in partnership with the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town hosted a film screening event for migrants and refugees. The film titled, “What’s Eating my Mind”, a production from STEPS South Africa’s Generation Africa project which features 25 medium and short films of the lived realities of African youth, through the lens of migration across 16 Anglophone and Francophone...
OVERVIEW OF THE MIGRATION ATLAS FOR AFRICA
By Muluh Momasoh Three waves of migration have been identified within the context of Africa, namely the Trans-Atlantic slave trade approximately from 1526 – 1867, saw some 12.5 million African men, women, and children transported to America and Europe (Mintz, 2023), the second wave was informed by the decolonization process that took place within the continent from the mid-to-late 1950s – 1975 which prompted a lot of young African students in their quest for the most...
May 2023 Press Review
Photo by: OpenClipart-VectorsInternational El Paso braces for end of pandemic-era rules restricting migration from Mexico Alex Hinojosa, 2 May 2023 The Texas border city of El Paso has declared a state of emergency ahead of the Biden administration’s ending of Title 42 pandemic-related rules next week that, since 2020, have barred many migrants from crossing into the US to exercise their right to request asylum. City leaders are preparing for a potential influx of more than...
Health Access for Non-South African Nationals
Prepared by Vhuthuhawe Ramatsitsi Photo by Owen Beard on Unsplash The rights of non-nationals to access the South African healthcare system is a complex matter. There is a clash between policies/laws and the actual implementation on the ground. The South African healthcare system struggles to provide sufficient medical care to any person, regardless of their nationality or status (Maphumulo & Bhengu, 2019). Although this is a fact, the government strives to provide health care access to people in South Africa,...
