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Who Gets to Belong? The Quiet Exclusion of Care in South Africa’s New Immigration White Paper

Who Gets to Belong? The Quiet Exclusion of Care in South Africa’s New Immigration White Paper

by NicholasS | May 28, 2026 | News, Podcasts

John Maytham speaks to Dr Rebecca Walker from the African Centre for Migration and Society at Wits University about concerns that South Africa’s revised immigration white paper could deepen exclusion and undermine access to healthcare, on the Afternoon Drive. [This...
OPINION | The Quiet Exclusion of Care in SA’s New Immigration White Paper

OPINION | The Quiet Exclusion of Care in SA’s New Immigration White Paper

by | May 28, 2026 | News, Op-Ed

By Rebecca Walker, Thea de Gruchy, Sharon Ekambaram and Marlise Richter South Africa’s latest immigration white paper was approved just six weeks after public submissions closed. Collective Voices for Health Access reviewed 18 of those submissions and identified...
ACMS featured as CoRE in Migration & Health

ACMS featured as CoRE in Migration & Health

by | May 11, 2026 | Front Page, News, Unhealthy Migration

🌍 Leading up to the second Africa – Europe Clusters of Research Excellence (CoRE) conference hosted by the University of Glasgow in June, CoRE is highlighting some key activities of each of the clusters. This week, they are featuring the Cluster of Research Excellence...
Peculiar bedfellows: When Health and Home Affairs turn care into control

Peculiar bedfellows: When Health and Home Affairs turn care into control

by | Feb 18, 2026 | Front Page, News, Unhealthy Migration

This opinion piece was originally published on Daily Maverick, under the same title, on 16 February 2026. The featured image above was created using ChatGPT. By ACMS Dr. Rebecca Walker and Associate Prof. Jo Vearey A draft policy positions the departments of Health...
Mobilities, Health & Wellbeing team and research

Mobilities, Health & Wellbeing team and research

by NicholasS | Dec 18, 2025 | News, Unhealthy Migration, Video

Today—18 December—we recognise International Migrants Day. In 2000 the United Nations (UN) General Assembly established this day in commemoration of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,...
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