In South Africa, immigrants are often scapegoated as the root of socio-economic problems. In the post-apartheid landscape, Black African immigrants, mainly, from other African countries have been negatively stereotyped as “illegal” and “job stealers” who are “criminal” as well as “diseased”. This attitudinal orientation of hostility against non-nationals in a given population is xenophobia. Since […]
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Nairobi — The government has reminded Kenyan passport holders to acquire the new East African Community (EAC) biometric e-passport by November 30, 2022. Immigration Director General Alexander Muteshi said the phasing out of the old passport is part of Kenya’s plan to comply with the 2021 EAC Council meeting that ratified the decision. “Kenyans are […]
The movement of highly skilled labor from developing countries to richer ones is largely seen as a negative trend. But voluntary migration is nuanced and complex. There is only one cancer treatment center in all of Zambia, a country of nearly 20 million people. So for many there a cancer diagnosis also means racking up […]
The Department of Home Affairs says no Zimbabwean national is being blocked from returning to their native country. This after there were claims suggesting that border guards were turning back Zimbabweans who want to go back home when they reach the Beitbridge border post in Limpopo. But the department has since provided clarity on the […]
The department says people without valid documents are being referred to documentation counters but choose not to go On 15 September we reported that Zimbabweans trying to leave South Africa were being turned back at Beitbridge border, apparently by the new Border Management Authority guards in Musina, Limpopo. As a result, people we spoke to […]
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Nigeria: Help, Our Future Is Relocating
Perhaps unconsciously, a new sense of identity has crept in and is becoming dominant among many Nigerians. A curious sense of ‘anywhere is home’ is becoming commonplace among young Nigerians. A compulsive migration to other lands, a sense of “otherness” is beginning to define the aspiration of our youth in terms of where they call […]
Nairobi — The United States Embassy in Nairobi announced Friday that it had expanded the Interview Waiver Program for nonimmigrant visas in a bid to reduce visa appointment backlog. The US Embassy said that for one to qualify for the program he/she/they must be applying for the same visa category and their visa should not […]
Home Affairs fails to explain At Beitbridge border post, people returning to Zimbabwe are being stopped from leaving by border guards, because they do not have valid documents. People we spoke to eventually crossed the border through unofficial routes that can be dangerous. Immigrant rights organisations have criticised the way the South African government is […]
Selfish Namibians are abusing the non-visa entry requirement to seek asylum in the United Kingdom to the detriment of legitimate asylum-seekers from war-torn nations or those fleeing distress. British High Commissioner to Namibia, Charles Moore, ventilated this concern shortly after paying a courtesy visit to President Hage Geingob at State House yesterday. “Namibia is a […]
SAPS says anyone who is asked for a bribe must come forward Police and immigration officials have stepped up operations for weeks now in Johannesburg, searching for immigrants. Immigrants with expired asylum papers who are awaiting renewals from Home Affairs are not spared. A number of immigrants told GroundUp that police are demanding bribes in […]
South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa condemned anti-immigrant protests in the capital, Pretoria, after demonstrators barred non-nationals from accessing a hospital. The trouble was sparked by a video on social media showing a regional health minister berating a Zimbabwean patient at a South African hospital a week ago. “Acts of lawlessness, intimidation and humiliation directed at […]
Pretoria — 1. As previously communicated, the Department of Home Affairs (“DHA”) appointed the Departmental Advisory Committee (“DAC”) led by Dr Cassius Lubisi to assess the visa applications lodged by the affected Zimbabwean nationals. The DHA also appointed an outside legal firm to handle all court challenges relating to the decision not to extend the […]
“It is therefore instructive for prospective visa applicants to indicate clearly their visa preferences without any ambiguity and also respect the immigration laws of other countries so as to avoid unwarranted treatments,” a statement signed by Francisca Omayuli for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Following another video on social media showing Nigerians who arrived in […]
Technology can help deliver aid and services more effectively – but can be harmful if users don’t know its risks. Many humanitarian organisations, including in Africa, are revolutionising their service delivery through new technology. This has become important in the context of rising migrant numbers, food insecurity and the impact of COVID-19. In 2020, the […]
Cape Town — Gupta Brothers Imprisoned in UAE Denied Bail Multiple Times – Justice Minister According to Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola, Rajesh and Atul Gupta are imprisoned. “We have received a note verbale which is a formal confirmation by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government authorities that the two Gupta brothers are […]
It’s an unhappy journey marked by xenophobia and an uncertain future With the expiry of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) almost all holders of the permit, about 180,000 Zimbabweans residing in South Africa, will find themselves undocumented as of 1 January 2023. They have a stark choice: return to a broken country or continue to […]
-Calls for conducive, secure, well-equipped hospital environment ON the heels of the claim, recently, by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, that Nigeria has enough doctors, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA has identified three major strategies that the federal government needs to embrace to check the migration of Nigerian doctors and other health workers […]
Monrovia — The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Labour, has turned over sixteen (16) Sierra Leonean nationals who were trafficked to Liberia to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for repatriation. The sixteen Sierra Leoneans are expected to return to their Country and reunite with families on Thursday, August 25, 2022. The sixteen […]