Research Report: Enhancing Protection and Asylum: A South-South Dialogue for Rights and Solutions
Published by: SIHMA on behalf of ICMPD
Introduction
The Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA) was tasked with conducting the research phase of the Support Programme to the Africa-EU Migration and Mobility Dialogue (MMD III): Enhancing Protection & Asylum (EPA). The research aims to produce a foundation of content to inform the set of dialogues, conferences and multi-lateral symposia that are part of the larger programme.
The findings in this report are presented under the two central objectives of MMD III: Central Objective 1 (CO1), which is related to general asylum processes, and Central Objective 2 (CO2), which is related to asylum processes for children on the move. The research was guided by the following activities stipulated under each Central Objective:
CO1: Conduct comparative research, enriched by engagements and key informant interviews with civil society organisations, refugee-led organisations and relevant takeholders.
CO2:Conduct comparative research supported by interviews with key informants in civil society organisations, refugee-led organisations and relevant stakeholders rking with children on the move.
Research approach
Stakeholders from a range of sectors who work directly with refugees, including children on the move, were selected to participate in a Key Informant Interview. A total of 10 interviews with stakeholders working with general asylum (CO1) and 10 interviews with stakeholders working with children on the move (CO2) were conducted in both South Africa and Uganda.
The interviews were recorded, transcribed and then analysed using a qualitative analysis tool. Ugandan and South African data was analysed separately and then compared. A series of deductive themes relating to the focus of MMD III emerged.
Research Report: Enhancing Protection and Asylum: A South-South Dialogue for Rights and Solutions
Categories:
Tags:
- Africa Migration
- Refugee Documentation
- Asylum Process Challenges
- Xenophobia
- Refugee Services
- Human Rights
- Migration Policy
- Legal Frameworks
- Refugee Protection
- Unaccompanied Minors
- Birth Registration
- Statelessness
- Non-documentation
- Refugee Rights
- Children On The Move
- Uganda Asylum
- South Africa Asylum
- Migration Research
- Asylum Systems
- Refugees