Perspectives on Refugee Protection in South Africa
Title | Perspectives on Refugee Protection in South Africa PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 82 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Human rights |
ISBN |
Includes statistics.
Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa
Title | Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff Handmaker |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9781845451097 |
Divided into three thematic parts to guide the reader, this important volume documents the development and implementation of refugee policy in South Africa over a 10-year period from 1996 until 2006. In doing so, it addresses issues of detention, gender, children and health as well as welfare policies for refugees. The contributions, all written by academics and practitioners of refugee protection, vividly illustrate the tangible shifts and concerns of a process that is not only aimed at establishing policies and legislation but also practices concerning refugees.
Refugees and Forced Migrants in Africa and the EU
Title | Refugees and Forced Migrants in Africa and the EU PDF eBook |
Author | Elisabeth Wacker |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 215 |
Release | 2018-12-28 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 3658245387 |
The so-called ‘refugee crisis’ represents one of the biggest contemporary political and social challenges. Although many African countries have been dealing with forced migratory and refugee movements for decades, their experiences have so far largely been neglected in the predominantly Eurocentric public debate. The present volume aims to bridge this gap by providing comparative African and European perspectives from different disciplines, highlighting the challenges but also potential mutual benefits of social diversification, and offering an insight into possible solution strategies.
Current Issue in Refugee Policy
Title | Current Issue in Refugee Policy PDF eBook |
Author | V. Vijayakumar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 25 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Asylum, Right of |
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International Refugee Treaties and Their Implications for the South African State
Title | International Refugee Treaties and Their Implications for the South African State PDF eBook |
Author | Marion Ryan Sinclair |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Refugees |
ISBN |
Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa
Title | Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff Handmaker |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 2008-03-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0857450271 |
Divided into three thematic parts to guide the reader, this important volume documents the development and implementation of refugee policy in South Africa over a 10-year period from 1996 until 2006. In doing so, it addresses issues of detention, gender, children and health as well as welfare policies for refugees. The contributions, all written by academics and practitioners of refugee protection, vividly illustrate the tangible shifts and concerns of a process that is not only aimed at establishing policies and legislation but also practices concerning refugees.
Rendering South Africa Undesirable
Title | Rendering South Africa Undesirable PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Crush |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2017-10-10 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1920596429 |
To understand the policy environment within which refugees establish and operate their enterprises in South Africas informal sector, this report brings together two streams of policy analysis. The first concerns the changing refugee policies and the erosion of the progressive approach that characterized the immediate post-apartheid period. The second concerns the informal sector policy, which oscillates between tolerance and attempted destruction at national and municipal levels. While there have been longstanding tensions between foreign and South African informal sector operators, an overtly anti-foreign migrant sentiment has increasingly been expressed in official policy and practice. This report describes the strategies being used to turn South Africa into an undesirable destination for refugees, including the setting up of additional procedural, administrative and logistical hurdles; the undercutting of court judgments affirming the right of asylum-seekers and refugees to employment and self-employment; ensuring that protection is always temporary by making it extremely difficult for refugees to progress to permanent residence and eventual citizenship; and restricting opportunities to pursue a livelihood in the informal sector. The authors conclude that the protection of refugee rights is likely to continue to depend on a cohort of non-governmental organizations prioritizing migrant livelihood rights and being willing and able to pursue time-consuming and costly litigation on their behalf.