Climate Migration as an African and Global Issue
Climate change has been a driving factor in human migration for centuries, causing large populations to move to different parts of the globe. However, as the climate crisis has become increasingly prevalent in the last few decades, there is expected to be an increase in climate migration. In 2022 alone, nearly 100 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes, mostly due to climate disasters rather than human conflicts [1]. There are many different...
SIHMA Board Change
On the 1st of September 2022, SIHMA had a change in their Board of Trustee structure. Fr Gerardo Garcia, who has served as Chairperson of the board since 2014 when the organisation was established in Cape Town, stepped down as both chairperson and board member. The Board has welcomed Fr Eduardo Gabriel as the replacing board member and chairperson. Fr Eduardo is a Missionary of St Charles. He was born in Piracicaba, in São Paulo province,...
Press Review October 2022
Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash NATIONAL: Hamba kahle, South Africa 01/10/2022 Results of a survey released by infoQuest/TrendER this week indicated that 5% of employed South Africans had applied for residency in another country and would be emigrating soon. Another 14% had seriously considered emigrating and had made enquiries or submitted applications. New SA residents, mainly from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK, view South Africa as their playground because of...
Statelessness Workshop
SIHMA, UCT and UWC have worked together on the latest issue of the AHMR – which will be a special issue specifically related to Statelessness. On the 9th of November between 2 PM and 3.30 PM, we will all come together to discuss the 9 articles to be published in the...
25th Anniversary of Saint John Baptist Scalabrini's Beautification
November 9th, 2022 marks the 25-year anniversary of the beatification of John Baptist Scalabrini. On the same day in 1997, there was a Feast of Dedication where he was honoured and proclaimed “Blessed” Bishop John Baptist Scalabrini. Beatification, in the Roman Catholic Church, is the second stage out of three in the process of canonization. Through the beatification process, a person that has passed is declared “Blessed” and is recognized to have lived a holy life. The...
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Ethics as a Moral Duty: Proposing an Integrated Ethics Framework for Migration Research
Photo by Windows on Unsplash Dr Lena Opfermann, a Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Studies at the University of Bedfordshire, recently published an article that looks at ethics as a moral duty. In the article, she discusses different forms of ethics applicable to migration and social research, and proposed an integrated ethics framework. The abstract reads as follows: “This article interrogates the assumptions and moral values underlying social research ethics frameworks and practices...
