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Press Review November 2022


Dec 08, 2022
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National: Kenyans’ visa-free stay in S. Africa comes with costs if one overstays The East African, 10 November 2022 The presidents of South Africa and Kenya resolved a long-standing visa dispute which will now allow Kenyans to visit South Africa visa-free for up to 90 days in a calendar year. South Africans already get free visas on arrival in Kenya, while Kenyans were charged and required to provide proof of sufficient funds...

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Climate Migration as an African and Global Issue


Nov 29, 2022
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  Climate change has been a driving factor in human migration for centuries, causing large populations to move to different parts of the globe. However, as the climate crisis has become increasingly prevalent in the last few decades, there is expected to be an increase in climate migration. In 2022 alone, nearly 100 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes, mostly due to climate disasters rather than human conflicts [1]. There are many different...

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SIHMA Board Change


Nov 15, 2022
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On the 1st of September 2022, SIHMA had a change in their Board of Trustee structure. Fr Gerardo Garcia, who has served as Chairperson of the board since 2014 when the organisation was established in Cape Town, stepped down as both chairperson and board member. The Board has welcomed Fr Eduardo Gabriel as the replacing board member and chairperson. Fr Eduardo is a Missionary of St Charles. He was born in Piracicaba, in São Paulo province,...

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25th Anniversary of Saint John Baptist Scalabrini's Beautification


Nov 01, 2022
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November 9th, 2022 marks the 25-year anniversary of the beatification of John Baptist Scalabrini. On the same day in 1997, there was a Feast of Dedication where he was honoured and proclaimed “Blessed” Bishop John Baptist Scalabrini. Beatification, in the Roman Catholic Church, is the second stage out of three in the process of canonization. Through the beatification process, a person that has passed is declared “Blessed” and is recognized to have lived a holy life. The...

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Ethics as a Moral Duty: Proposing an Integrated Ethics Framework for Migration Research


Oct 25, 2022
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Photo by Windows on Unsplash   Dr Lena Opfermann, a Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Studies at the University of Bedfordshire, recently published an article that looks at ethics as a moral duty. In the article, she discusses different forms of ethics applicable to migration and social research, and proposed an integrated ethics framework. The abstract reads as follows: “This article interrogates the assumptions and moral values underlying social research ethics frameworks and practices...

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JOHN BAPTIST SCALABRINI PROLAIMED A SAINT ON OCTOBER 9


Oct 11, 2022
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In St. Peter’s Basilica during the Ordinary Consistory, Pope Francis announced the date on which the Bishop of Piacenza, founder of the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo and the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo Scalabrinians and inspirer of the Scalabrini Secular Missionaries, will be canonized. On October 9 Blessed John Baptist Scalabrini was proclaimed a saint.  Born in Fino Mornasco in the province of Como in 1839, Scalabrini is still today a gift to the...

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