Publications
Journal articles, reports and issue briefs, books and edited collections — the Centre’s published research, newest first.
Latest publications
19 publications
East African Queer and Trans Displacements
Marnell, J., Camminga, B., Bompani, B., & Wairuri, K. (Eds.). (2026). East African Queer and Trans Displacements. Bloomsbury.
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Exclusionary cohesion? Rethinking the nexus between social cohesion and xenophobic violence in South Africa
Misago, J. P. (2026). Exclusionary cohesion? Rethinking the nexus between social cohesion and xenophobic violence in South Africa. Social Dynamics.
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Strengthening the health of African populations on the move within the continent
Agyemang, C., Aranda, Z., Jumbe, A., Maatoug, T., Mlotshwa, L., Ouahchi, A., Tenna, M., Vearey, J. The Lancet Regional Health – Africa.
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Closing the gap in the wrong direction
Walker, R., Vearey, J. “Closing the gap in the wrong direction”: migration, health policy, and the exclusion of asylum seekers and refugees.
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Sexual and reproductive health interventions for mobile adolescents and young people in sub-Saharan Africa
Mlotshwa, L., Plüg, S., Simuyaba, M. et al. Sexual and reproductive health interventions for mobile adolescents and young people in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Xenophobic Discrimination in South Africa: An Overview of Trends, Effects, and Responses (2022–2024)
Mlilo, S. (2025). Xenophobic Discrimination in South Africa: An Overview of Trends, Effects, and Responses (2022–2024). Johannesburg: Xenowatch, African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand.
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Countering Containment: Chronoscopy and Resistance in an Era of Externalisation
Landau, L. B. (2024). Countering Containment: Chronoscopy and Resistance in an Era of Externalisation. Geopolitics, 1–12.
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Now you see them, now you don’t: performance and the politics of localizing (forced) migration governance in the Horn of Africa’s secondary cities
Kihato, C. W., & Landau, L. B. (2024). Now you see them, now you don’t: performance and the politics of localizing (forced) migration governance in the Horn of Africa’s secondary cities. Environment and Urbanization, 36(2), 300-317.
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City Streets and Disco Beats: Recentring the Urban in Queer and Trans Migration Studies
Marnell, J. (2023). City Streets and Disco Beats: Recentring the Urban in Queer and Trans Migration Studies. Urban Forum 34, 201–211.
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Cosmopolitan Refugees: Somali Migrant Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg
Ripero-Muñiz, Nereida. (2023). Cosmopolitan Refugees: Somali Migrant Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg (1st ed.). Berghahn Books.
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It is just because I am a foreigner: report and brief
Mlotshwa, L., Schulz, D., Walker, R., & Vearey, J. (2023). 'It is just because I am a foreigner': making SRHR a reality for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa. Sonke Gender Justice.
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Migration and Health in the WHO-AFRO Region: A Scoping Review
Vearey, Jo. (2023). Migration and Health in the WHO-AFRO Region: A Scoping Review. African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits University.
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Migrants’ Rights to Health: a legislative and policy review for Southern Africa
IOM, ACMS & Wits. (2022). Migrants’ Rights to Health: a legislative and policy review for Southern Africa.
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Migration and Health: current issues, governance and knowledge gaps (World Migration Report 2020, ch. 7)
Vearey, J., Hui, C., & Wickramage, K. (2019). Migration and Health: current issues, governance and knowledge gaps. World Migration Report 2020, ch. 7. IOM.
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I Want to Go Home Forever: stories of becoming and belonging in South Africa’s great metropolis
Landau, L. B. & Pampalone, T. (2018). I Want to Go Home Forever: stories of becoming and belonging in South Africa’s great metropolis. Wits University Press.
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Writing Invisibility: Conversations on the Hidden City
Kihato, C. W. (2013). Writing Invisibility: Conversations on the Hidden City. Mail & Guardian.
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Exorcising the Demons Within: Xenophobia, Violence and Statecraft in Contemporary South Africa
Landau, L. B. (Ed.). (2011). Exorcising the Demons Within: Xenophobia, Violence and Statecraft in Contemporary South Africa. Wits University Press.
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LGBTI+ Asylum Seekers in South Africa: refugee status denials involving sexual orientation and gender identity
African Centre for Migration & Society. LGBTI+ Asylum Seekers in South Africa: refugee status denials involving sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Queer and Trans African Mobilities: Migration, Asylum and Diaspora
Camminga, B. & Marnell, J. (Eds.). Queer and Trans African Mobilities: Migration, Asylum and Diaspora. Bloomsbury.
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