Media and Migration: 2020 World Press Photo Contest Winners
The 16th of April 2020 World Press Photo announced the winners of the 63rd annual edition photo competition. The World Press Photo is the largest and most prestigious competition that honors photojournalism. In recent years, the European migration crisis has been the focus of many winning images. Like past years, the trend of migration in this year’s nominations continued. Different to years prior, this year also highlighted protests that took place in Africa. The winning photograph, Straight...
Press Review April 2020
National Coverage Covid-19 is not a reason to hunt down illegal immigrants DailyMaverick.co.za - April 29th 2020 Thousands of people in South Africa are being excluded from government relief programs simply because they lack the legal requirements to be in the country. In the spirit of unity, this has to change. The lockdown in many countries in Africa, including Nigeria and South Africa, risks threatening the livelihoods...
Counter Trafficking in Persons Workshop in Johannesburg
From the 10th to the 13th of March SIHMA Executive Director Fr. Filippo participated in the Counter Trafficking in Persons Workshop in Johannesburg at the Good Shepherd Retreat Centre in Hartbeespoort. The Workshop was organized by the Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) Office. The CTIP is a program of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference and Leadership Conference of Consecrated Life that aims to give tools in prevention and protection to combat Human...
AHMR Vol.6 N.1 is now available!
Find here the new AHMR issue African Human Mobility Review (AHMR) is one of the few peer-reviewed scholarly journals in the field of migration in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of AHMR is to publish up-to-date, high-quality and original research papers alongside relevant and insightful reviews. As such, the journal aspires to be vibrant, engaging and accessible, and at the same time integrative and challenging. At the moment, AHMR publishes...
AHMR Call for papers for the special issue of December 2020
In 2020, we are proud to be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the University of the Western Cape. For the past six decades, the University of the Western Cape opened up education for all. During this landmark anniversary, we are also celebrating the partnership and joint ownership the African Human Mobility Review (AHMR) with the Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA). This Special Issue aims to provide an updated, multidisciplinary and evidence-based cutting edge...
Meet the artist of our new graffiti
In our previous post we were anticipating the new Graffiti of our building. Our entrance in fact now is welcoming all SCCT’ and SIHMA’ customers with an artwork of a young South African artist, Jared, who represented the essence of welcoming people: an African mother holding her baby. On the mother's arm it is written 'learn dignity': the respect for human dignity is one of the core value of the services offered to migrants and refugees by the...
