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Focus on immigration and refugee policy: In conversation with Prof. Jo Vearey

Focus on immigration and refugee policy: In conversation with Prof. Jo Vearey

by NicholasS | May 28, 2026 | News, Regulation of Law & Policy, Video

By SABC News South Africa’s approach to migration and refugee policy remains a complex and evolving issue, shaped by questions of sovereignty, human rights, and regional movement across the continent. We now unpack these policies in more detail with Prof. Jo...
Why Ghana Is Evacuating Hundreds of Its Citizens From South Africa

Why Ghana Is Evacuating Hundreds of Its Citizens From South Africa

by | May 28, 2026 | Front Page, News, Regulation of Law & Policy

Anti-immigrant protests have increased across South Africa, drawing forceful condemnation from several African leaders. [This news article was originally published by The New York Times under the same title and with the accompanying photographs on 27 May 2026. The...
Cabinet approves revised immigration white paper

Cabinet approves revised immigration white paper

by NicholasS | Apr 8, 2026 | News, Regulation of Law & Policy, Video

This panel discussion was originally aired on Newzroom Afrika, on 4 April 2026. South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister, Dr Leon Schreiber, has welcomed the cabinet’s approval of the Revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection. Cabinet’s...
South Africa’s Ramaphosa Backs Trump’s Afrikaner Refugee Scheme

South Africa’s Ramaphosa Backs Trump’s Afrikaner Refugee Scheme

by NicholasS | Jan 11, 2026 | News, Regulation of Law & Policy, Sarchi, Video

This interview was originally uploaded onto YouTube by Firstpost, under the same title, on 8 January 2026. In a significant diplomatic shift, South Africa has reportedly agreed to stop interfering with a controversial US refugee programme targeting Afrikaners. The...
Closing the gap in the wrong direction

Closing the gap in the wrong direction

by | Nov 11, 2025 | Front Page, Journal Articles, News, Unhealthy Migration

Walker, R., Vearey, J. “Closing the gap in the wrong direction” migration, health policy, and the exclusion of asylum seekers, refugees and undocumented migrants from healthcare access in South Africa. BMC Public Health 25, 3877 (2025)....
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