Immigrants
latest news & developmentsSeeking to profit from privatising prisons misses the point
The only evidence Muller presents that “Prisons abroad are being run efficiently and humanely with much clearer accountability” are the examples of the GEO company and the…
Digital occupation: How surveillance technologies repress dissent from Gaza to Cape Town
This creeping form of observation marks a dangerous evolution in how power is exercised and dissent controlled
OPINION| Operation Dudula is a symptom of unresolved colonial and political issues
The movement purports to only encourage the government to act on undocumented immigrants but that’s a falsehood and its activities are criminal
OPINION | The African immigrant’s blues in SA
A better understanding of the plight of refugees should make African immigrants more welcome on their own continent
Amadou Diallo will never be forgotten
Amadou Diallo, a Guinean man, was killed by NYPD officers 21 years ago. Today protesters still invoke his name as they fight for justice
Borders can’t stem migrants’ search for a better life
Young Vietnamese driven by poverty, made worse by climate change, became traffickers’ victims
Slice of life: ‘South Africans beat us, burn us’
South Africans are not scared to tell us that even the president doesn’t want us here; that we should go back to where we belong.
Strangers are blamed for our burdens
Politicians find quick fix ‘solutions’ in a bid to appease citizens who accept false information
EDITORIAL: Blaming migrants not on
Blaming foreigners for a nation’s problems is a tactic beloved of populist and nationalist politicians everywhere
As US agents prepare to arrest ‘thousands,’ undocumented people live in fear
Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are expected to hit the streets of at least 10 major American cities
US to examine migrant children in custody after second death
Guatemala called for an investigation into the boy’s death and some US lawmakers angrily denounced the Trump administration’s immigration policy
Top US, Mexico diplomats meet in Washington amid migrant crisis
The two countries are grappling with how to handle the thousands of Central American migrants who are camped at the common border
Are foreigners stealing your jobs and healthcare? Find out.
A ‘foreign threat’ could be a convenient boogeyman in an election season where politicians will face questions about their failures. Or not?
Editorial: It’s dangerous to other foreigners
‘The DA is not the only political actor in the country that is using foreigners as a convenient scapegoat for our significant economic problems’
Editorial: Hypocrisy off the field
‘The truth is that the likes of France continue to benefit from migration while still waging a war on migrants’