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Tracing the border in the city: Exploring migration and the urban borders of Cape Town


Aug 02, 2022
Categories: news Research Research Project Research Projects SCCT SIHMA

The Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA) and the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town (SCCT) are hosting Corey Johnson, a doctoral Candidate at the University of Cape Town during 2022, as he conducts his doctoral research on migration and urban borders within the city of Cape Town. His research builds on recent scholarship that has sought to push beyond the notion of borders as clear lines of demarcation and separation, statically fixed to the territorial edges of...

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1 of June Scalabrini Day celebration


May 31, 2022
Categories: Migrants Migration in Africa Pastoral care of migrants and refugees SCCT SIHMA

1 of June marks the memory of Bishop Scalabrini, founder of the Congregation of the Scalabrini Fathers and promoter of the pastoral care of migrants, refugees and people on the move around the world. SIHMA, together with the sister organisations Scalabrini Centre and Lawrence House, will have a moment of reflection and training with its staff on this day. Together we want to focus our attention on the four verbs, suggested by Pope Francis...

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Research Collaboration: MIDEQ


Apr 12, 2022
Categories: news SCCT SIHMA

The Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA) and the Scalabrini Center of Cape Town (SCCT) recently embarked on a collaborative research project with Maria Rosa Lorini. Maria Rosa is a post-doctoral researcher for the Royal Holloway University of London and previously held the same position with UCT (University of Cape Town), actual partner in the migration project. She’s part of a team currently working on a project called MIDEQ: A hub aiming to unpack...

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