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COVID 19 AND THE SECURITISATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN BORDERS: THE CASE FOR AN INCLUSIVE RESPONSE

Published by: SIHMA - by Ella Weldon and Edited by James Chapman


This working paper was written at the end of April 2020, while South Africa was amidst its Level 5 lockdown period. It analyses South Africa’s initial migration controls in response to Covid-19, within a context of wider securitisation of migration.  The paper adopts a ‘human security’ theoretical lens and explores the security issues at stake for different populations involved in migration to SA during the pandemic; the host nation, surrounding regional nations, and migrants. It is argued that Covid-19 creates a unified health security risk that would benefit from an inclusive response, rather than exclusionary migration controls that may actually serve to undermine the security of all.

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COVID 19 AND THE SECURITISATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN BORDERS: THE CASE FOR AN INCLUSIVE RESPONSE

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