COVID 19 AND THE SECURITISATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN BORDERS: THE CASE FOR AN INCLUSIVE RESPONSE
Published by: SIHMA - by Ella Weldon and Edited by James Chapman
This working paper was written at the end of April 2020, while South Africa was amidst its Level 5 lockdown period. It analyses South Africa’s initial migration controls in response to Covid-19, within a context of wider securitisation of migration. The paper adopts a ‘human security’ theoretical lens and explores the security issues at stake for different populations involved in migration to SA during the pandemic; the host nation, surrounding regional nations, and migrants. It is argued that Covid-19 creates a unified health security risk that would benefit from an inclusive response, rather than exclusionary migration controls that may actually serve to undermine the security of all.
COVID 19 AND THE SECURITISATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN BORDERS: THE CASE FOR AN INCLUSIVE RESPONSE
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