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VIDEO: Experts Sound Alarm Over Hidden Human Cost of Repatriation
Dr. Rebecca Walker (Research Associate, African Centre for Migration & Society) shares insights on SalaaMedia: “Repatriation implies people choosing or consenting to return home, but what we are seeing is people being forcibly removed through violence without individual assessments, whether healthcare status or documentation status. This is deportation without following the right processes.” “The humanitarian…
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READ: What’s behind SA’s latest wave of xenophobia?
“There has been a race to the bottom among all of the parties, where everyone is trying to show that they are strong, or stronger, on immigration. It is a convenient way to offer a false solution to South Africa’s very real problems without having to take responsibility.” – Prof. Loren Landau, African Centre for…
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VIDEO: The Real Reason South Africans Keep Blaming Foreigners
Professor Loren Landau (African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits University) joined Politically Aweh to unpack the drivers of xenophobic mobilisation. His key insight: “Of course there are immigration and asylum laws that need to be enforced. Is the problem that they [migrants] are selling tomatoes? … Operation Dudula stopping immigrants from accessing places of…
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WATCH: Xenophobic violence in South Africa drives mass migrant exodus.
Professor Jo Vearey (Co-Director, African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits University) joins DW News to unpack the crisis: “We are seeing a rise and normalisation of xenophobic hate speech and scapegoating of foreign nationals, especially undocumented foreign nationals, coupled with vigilante groups using the language that foreign nationals are to blame for the government’s failure to…
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FEATURE: As migrants await repatriation, South Africa faces persistent anti-immigration tensions
Associate Professor Jo Vearey (Co-Director, African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits University) tells Xinhua that migrants are being used as scapegoats for South Africa’s persistent challenges, inequality, unemployment, and pressure on public services. Blaming migrants for these challenges is “factually incorrect,” she said. Vearey also warns that attacks on migrant-owned businesses could ultimately hurt South Africa’s…
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READ: Blaming foreigners for poor social services is ‘scapegoating’
South Africa’s struggling healthcare system is not caused by undocumented foreign nationals, according to experts. Prof. Jo Vearey (ACMS): “It is not true that immigrants are the cause of SA’s healthcare problem. Blaming migrants for state failures is scapegoating.” READ in The Citizen. [Photo Credit: iStock / The Citizen]
