SOUTH SUDAN: A YOUNG COUNTRY DIVIDED BY CIVIL WAR
Image by Jaroslav Šmahel from Pixabay “I am South Sudanese by nationality. I was born on the 12th of December 1992 in place called Nasir, near the border with Ethiopia. This place is occupied mostly by Nuer speaking people and personally, I am a Nuer. It all started in December 2015 when there was supposed to be an election. The contest was between Salva Kirr (who was and still is the...
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A CALL FOR A GLOBAL RESEARCH AGENDA
Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay Abstract Research on international migration has brought about remarkable awareness within the global research community, stimulating some theorists and policy-makers to talk about ‘international migration’ as a field for research. A number of research organizations have also adopted various methods of inquiry to examine and change their research agendas and practices. Although much is known about international migration, there are still many unanswered questions. Formulating a...
Cessation of the international protection of Angolan refugees in South Africa
The objective of this migration policy brief is to discuss the findings of a survey carried out among Angolans living in Cape Town as well as to present some policy recommendations. Photo by Olhar Angolano on Unsplash
Labour and Asylum: Regional Approaches to Migration (CPLO Briefing Paper 363)
Image by Dimpho Sametsi from Pixabay All over the world, millions of people continue to move from one region to another, seeking sanctuary from violence and poverty. Almost monthly, a fresh horror emerges from the waters around southern Europe, where thousands of people risk the voyage from North Africa in leaky, unseaworthy boats. In one such incident in September 2014 approximately 500 migrants died when their boat sank near Malta. According to initial reports, traffickers deliberately sank the...
Undocumented Migrants and Foreign Children: Suffering in Search of a Better Life (CPLO Briefing paper 361)
Image by Pexels from Pixabay Introduction For undocumented migrants, seeking a better life in a foreign country often entails enormous risks. In Europe, thousands of people have died attempting to enter the continent via leaky, unseaworthy boats. In a single incident in 2013, over 300 migrants drowned when their boat capsized off the island of Lampedusa, near Italy. Pope Francis decried this event as a ‘disgrace’ and condemned the ‘global indifference’ to the plight of migrants1. Closer to...
Eritrea: Ending the Exodus?
Image by Silvia De Giovanni from Pixabay Authoritarian rule, social malaise and open-ended national service drive thousands of young people to flee Eritrea every month, exposing the shortcomings of a leadership that has lost the confidence of the next generation. The International Crisis Group’s latest briefing Eritrea: Ending the Exodus? shows that while the government turned this flight to its advantage for a time, the scale – and attendant criminality – of the exodus are now pressing problems. The...