SIHMA Press Review for February 2025 and March 2025
South Africa 25 March 2025 Daily Maverick Home Affairs minister launches new body to combat corruption at South Africa’s borders South Africa's borders are highly vulnerable to transnational crime due to poor infrastructure, weak enforcement, and corruption within the Border Management Authority (BMA) and the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). To combat this, the Border Management and Immigration Anti-Corruption Forum (BMIACF) has been launched...
SIHMA Press Review for December 2024 and January 2025
PRESS REVIEW - SOUTH AFRICA 01 - Undocumented foreign learners to be admitted in schools IOL, 01/25/2025 The Department of Basic Education (DBE) in South Africa...
Good news for children of undocumented foreign parents and guardians for their admission into South African schools
CHILDREN of undocumented foreign nationals will not be required to produce any form of identification before registering for admission at any school in South Africa. For decades, undocumented children have been largely excluded from the education system, left on the margins by restrictive policies and legislative gaps. Recent developments signal a monumental shift towards a more inclusive approach, harmonizing South Africa’s laws with international standards and reinforcing undocumented immigrant children's right to basic education.
New SIHMA research projects for the Migration and Mobility Dialogue Support Programme
SIHMA successfully participated together with other organisations in an ICMPD call for proposals for the MMD Migration and Mobility Dialogue Support Programme. The Project, lead by the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town, icludes COMRSA (Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa) in South Africa and Jesuit Refugee Service Uganda (JRS) and the Catholic Centre for Legal Aid Services in Uganda. Migration is...
SIHMA at the African Union Free Movement Protocol (FMP) Consultation Meeting
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 Protocol, which was officially adopted by the community in 2018. The main discussions of the conference focused on the challenges and opportunities for the ratification and the implementation for FMP in the regions whose countries have already signed it, as well as the strategies...
SIHMA Press Review for November 2024
PRESS REVIEW – SOUTH AFRICA 01 - South Africa shuts border crossing with Mozambique over poll unrest Wycliffe Muia, BBC News, 11/06/2024 South Africa has closed the Lebombo border crossing with Mozambique amid violent protests following Mozambique's disputed presidential election. The unrest has resulted in torched vehicles and damaged buildings near the border. South African authorities fired rubber bullets and...