Rebuilding Lives at the Borders – Conference
The Scalabrinian Centre for Migration Studies (CSEM) of Brasilia (Brazil) in partnership with Weltkirche of Germany, the Bienvenue Shelter in Johannesburg and the Congregation of Scalabrianians Missionary Sisters invited SIHMA to this interesting Conference on 4-6 December 2018, supported by the South Africa Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC), Radio Veritas and Lumko Institute. The results of researchers on migrants, refugees and people directly involved in serving these populations in the border areas of Angola-Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mozambique-South...
New Year, new Blog!
The Team at SIHMA will be keeping you up to date about human mobility in the African continent. We launch our new blog which will have regular weekly posts every Tuesday on all research, events and activities happening in Africa concerning migrants, refugees and people on the move.We start with our first blog, wishing you an Happy New Year that’s about to begin, full of surprise and joy and everything you want in life.
Women are migrating to follow their aspirations
As of 2017, the total number of international migrants is estimated at around 258 million of which 48 percent are women. The term feminization of migration indicates an increase in the percentage of female migrants and refers to women who migrate independently. Scholars debate whether the feminization of migration is a new phenomenon or not. Some argue that women have always migrated but their movements were of less interest to academics. Between 1960 and 2015, the female share...
Refugee Entrepreneurial Economies in Urban South Africa
The article summarized below, “Refugees Entrepreneurial Economies in Urban South Africa” was originally authored by Jonathan Crush, Godfrey Tawodzera, Cameron McCordic, Sujata Ramachandran, and Robertson Tengeh and published by the Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA). The South African migration integration scene is highly characterised by xenophobia. While racism is based on race, xenophobia is based on nationality meaning that nationals of a hosting country dislike or are prejudiced against people from other countries. Xenophobic...
Whose Agenda? Bottom up Positionalities of West African Migrants
The article summarized below, “Whose Agenda? Bottom up Positionalities of West African Migrants in the Framework of European Union Migration Management” was originally authored by Lothar Smith and Joris Schapendonk from Radboud University (Netherlands) and published by the Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA). In an attempt to stem the influx of African migrants towards the shores of Europe, the European Union has launched numerous initiatives to boost economic...
The African Observatory for Migration and Development: for the benefit of whom?
During the 28th summit of the African Union (AU), as soon as Morocco returned to the AU after thirty years of absence, the country’s sovereign, King Mohammed VI, was appointed Africa’s leader for migration. Part of this decision was based on the positive development of the 2013 Moroccan policy on national immigration and asylum which aimed at regularizing the situation of many migrants and which benefited 25,000 migrants in 2014 alone. The King started working towards an African Agenda on...
