Tag: Migration

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, comments on the newly-released Green Paper on International Migration in South Africa and the policy interventions it proposes The South African Dep...

EU leaders are likely to agree to use all means possible to keep irregular migrants from leaving Africa to reach Europe when they meet at a summit in Brussels later, according to l...

Experts from national statistical offices of ECOWAS member States agreed to strengthen migration data management for evidence-based policy making on labour migration. The Internat...

Visa Inc. has released the results of a new 2016 study conducted by Moody’s Analytics that analyzed the impact of electronic payments on economic growth across 70 countries betwe...

The promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is that well-managed migration and mobility will benefit migrants and their families as well as countries of or...

The world is facing a political, economic, moral and social crisis as governments and communities struggle to provide effective solutions for the unprecedented numbers of people fl...

The African Consultations on Migration kicked-off on Monday, 14 December 2015. The Consultations were officially opened by Dr. Olawale I. Maiyegun, the Director of Social...

UNCTAD puts forward new road map for transforming rural economies and eradicating rural poverty In a bold move, UNCTAD’s The Least Developed Countries Report, subtitled Tra...

The European Union’s efforts to stem the flow of refugees from Africa was undermined on 12 November by member states who failed to match EU money for a €1.8 billion trust fund ...

Parliamentarians from 137 countries have committed to action aimed at tackling two of the most challenging issues facing the world today – migration and the protection of digital...

As migrants and refugees from Africa and the Middle East continue to arrive in Europe in unprecedented numbers, a new World Bank/IMF report says that large-scale migration from poo...

Opening remarks by Amb. Olawale Maiyegun, AU Director of Social Affairs, at the Labour Migration Statistics Validation Workshop – 29th September-1st October 2015, Addis Abab...

Introductory remarks by the Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba MP, on the occasion of the Colloquium on a new International Migration paradigm for South Africa in Pretoria on ...

We the Heads of State and Government of the African Union, meeting at the 25th Ordinary Session of our Assembly in Johannesburg in the Republic of South Africa from 14-15 June 2015...

Heads of Immigration from COMESA Member States are meeting in Lusaka for a two days meeting to address the implementation of the COMESA Protocol on free movement of people and the ...

The African leadership will need to speed up the implementation of the integration agenda as the continent urgently needs to create jobs for the over 60 percent of its population w...

With an estimated 19 million migrants in Africa, the region needs a strong coherent migration policy response to boost regional integration and inclusive development, agreed partic...

The Roundtable on Intra-regional Migration and Labour Mobility within Africa will be held on 23-25 March 2015 in Kigali, Rwanda, under the theme “Enhancing capacities o...

Introductory Remarks by Home Affairs Minister, Malusi Gigaba for Third Roundtable on International Migration: Intra-regional migration within SADC and implications for Internationa...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, comments on the recent overhaul of South Africa’s immigration regulations On 16 May 2014, as part of a complete overhaul of its immigration p...