Civil Society Action Committee Webinar on Climate Change and Migration
SIHMA attended the second round, second webinar on Climate Change and Migration in the People’s Migration Challenge webinar series, hosted by the Civil Society Action Committee in 2021. Webinar Host and Partners The Civil Society Action Committee which is a ‘global platform for civil society engagement on migration policy and governance’ [1] held a series of about People’s Migration Challenge webinars in this round [2]. Civil Society Action Committee’s membership includes organisations working with migration and refugees. The Committees members...
World Refugee Day 2021
The United Nations General Assembly introduced World Refugee Day in 2001. Before 2001, June 20th was celebrated as African Refugee Day, introduced in 1975. This day was established in 1975 by the then Organization for African Unity, now called the African Union. Today, the two days coincide to honor refugees around the world. It celebrates the dignity of the forcibly displaced. [1] Who is a refugee? According to the 1951 Refugee Convention, a refugee...
Youth Day 2021
Sport: A valuable tool for social inclusion amongst migrant youth in South Africa According to UNHCR [1], at least 79.5 million people had been forced to flee their homes by the end of 2019 worldwide. By 2020, South Africa hosted 2,9 million migrants [6]. This equals approximately 4,8% of the total South African population [6]. At mid-year 2020, 27.3 % of International Migrants in Africa were 19 years old and under and young migrants aged 15...
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UCT Lecture on Refugee Law
SIHMA’s Progect Manager, James Chapman gave a interesting lecture to the students of the University of Cape Town (UCT). The lecture was virtual and during a morning session on the 21st of May 2021 and the topic of the talk was the Refugee Law. The discussion was well participated and received very good feedback from the students. We believe that teaching and training are essential for ensuring migrants access to and knowledge...
Missing Migrants and IOM Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) webinar
Did you know migrants are facing many challenges including locating their loved ones who have gone missing? There are many migrants traveling with little to no documentation. Without documentation it is hard to find these individuals and locate loved ones if they go missing. Migrants are dying in the sea, in deserts (especially in the Sahara in the African Context (1)) and at various unofficial border posts because of the increase in monitoring and border policing...
10th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime
From 12 to 16 October 2020, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was hosting the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. This year’s conference was hosted online, which allow SIHMA’s to assist to a few of the side events on issues regarding migration. Programme of the virtual side events: https://www.unodc.org/documents/treaties/UNTOC/COP/SESSION_10/Website/Practical_info/UNTOC_COP10_-_Final_Programme_of_Side_Events_14_October_with_links_.pdf Prevention of Involuntary Migration through Quality Education and Empowerment...
