Navigating Livelihood and Belonging: The Everyday Realities of African Migrant Women in Cape Town
“When I hear the word Home Affairs I run the other way.” – Patricia, a Zimbabwean migrant woman Patricia’s words capture both a personal fear and a systemic reality. They reflect not...
Research Findings Verification Workshop: Legal Frameworks for Refugees/Asylum Seekers and Children on the Move in Malawi
Malawi continues to play an essential role as a transit destination for international migrants mainly from other African countries including asylum seekers and refugees in need of protection. Children on the move including children of refugee and asylum seekers, separated and unaccompanied children also contribute to the share of people on the move in the country. The protection of asylum seekers, refugees and children especially unaccompanied and separated minors on the move remains a fundamental right...
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Belonging Denied: How Neoliberal Inclusion Still Excludes Citizens with immigration backgrounds in South Africa
South Africa is widely known as the “Rainbow Nation”, a country that accepts and celebrates diversity, equality and inclusion. The ideology reflects the nation’s aspiration to create a society where people of different cultures, races and background can coexist equally as citizens. However, for many legal immigrants in south Africa, this promise of belonging remains incomplete. Research by Yvonne Zama Sibaya on “The middling Citizenship Trap” highlights the contradiction within citizenship systems
Operation Dudula Ruled Unlawful: What the Court Decided
The South African High Court ruled that Operation Dudula’s actions are unlawful and unconstitutional, affirming that only police and immigration officers may request identity documents. The court has interdicted Operation Dudula and its leaders from demanding passports, intimidating or assaulting foreign nationals, engaging in hate speech, blocking access to healthcare or schools, unlawfully evicting people, interfering with traders or employment, and inciting others to do so. Operation Dudula must inform all its members of the ruling....
Invisible Labour, Visible Impact: Rethinking Migration Policy and Precarity in South Africa
Migrant workers in South Africa’s domestic service, agriculture, and construction sectors form the unacknowledged backbone of the economy. They build homes, harvest food, and sustain households, yet their contributions remain largely invisible in national discourse. Despite recent policy reforms and research initiatives, systemic exploitation, insecure legal status, and limited access to social protection continue to define their daily realities. Promise and Pitfalls of Policy Reform The newly approved
South Africa Ramps Up Border Security: New Measures to Reduce Irregular Immigration
The South African government has decided to improve border security by enhancing and integrating technological systems and adding more law enforcement officers to combat irregular migration and human trafficking and the government has introduced stricter enforcement policies, improved surveillance, and improved intelligence-sharing mechanisms. It is noted that about 672 Border Law Enforcement Officers have been added to high-risk entry points such as land crossings, maritime borders, and international airports
