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[WATCH] – “Trump’s acceptance of Afrikaners as refugees into the United States is an assault across many fronts.”
“Trump’s acceptance of Afrikaners as refugees into the United States is an assault across many fronts.” Loren Landau, a professor of migration and development at Oxford University, shares his thoughts on the message the Trump administration is sending by granting some white South Africans refugee status in the US. The first group of 49…
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[WATCH] – Reports that US will accept White South African ‘refugees’ prompts concern in South Africa | DW News
South Africa says it is concerned about reports that the USA will begin taking in White South Africans as refugees. ACMS‘ University of the Witwatersrand’s Professor Loren B Landau tells Deutsche Welle why he thinks White South Africans have no basis to claim asylum in the USA. WATCH here
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WATCH: Blaming Immigrants won’t Fix SA’s Problems
Blaming immigrants won’t fix SA’s problems. Prof. Loren Landau (Senior Migration Researcher) warns of rising rightwing nationalism. Watch the interview here. Background: Prof. Loren Landau, Senior Migration Researcher, says it’s worrying that immigrants are still being blamed for a number of failings in South Africa. On 25 March 2025, scores of protesters marched in…
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Making sense of intensifying immigration debates in SA and UK
As immigration debates heat up in South Africa and the United Kingdom, the discovery of undocumented immigrants in South Africa and anti-immigration riots in the UK underscore global challenges in balancing security, economic needs, and humanitarian concerns. Naledi Moleo from Newzroom Afrika talks with Prof. Loren Landau to explore these issues and draw parallels between…
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Petition to remove Chidimma Adetshina from Miss SA pageant: Prof Loren Landau Weighs In
Professor Loren Landau weighs in on the petition that has gained traction after Adetshina removed Nigerian and Mozambican flags from her TikTok profile, sparking accusations of disloyalty among some South Africans. Landau argues that this issue raises fundamental questions about the legacies of colonial borders and indigeneity in contemporary, multi-cultural societies. Listen to the discussion…
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Xenophobia in South Africa
In this latest Conflict & Development in Africa Podcast by the Centre for African Conflict & Development, Dr. Michael Nwankpa discusses Xenophobia in South Africa with Professor Loren Landau. Watch the full discussion here:
