Consortium for Refugees & Migrants in South Africa

 

The Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA), formerly known as the National Consortium for Refugee Affairs, is a registered Non Profit Organisation tasked with promoting and protecting refugee and migrant rights. It is comprised of a number of member organisations including legal practitioners, research units, and refugee and migrant communities.

 

The Consortium’s mandate involves strengthening the partnerships between refugee and migrant service providers to provide improved co-ordination of activities. This includes developing working relationships with other concerned organisations to provide an effective forum for advocacy and action.

 

The Consortium liaises with government and other stakeholders to keep them informed of the views of our members. The Consortium also provides a centralised referral system for the media and other practitioners through which it can refer those dealing with specific aspects of the sector to the organisations and individuals most qualified to assist.

 

Latest News

No justice for victims of xenophobia, five years after 2008 attacks

 

This week marks five years since the 2008 xenophobic attacks that broke out in South Africa. As we look back and reflect on these, there is a realisation that, whilst …

Vacancy: Administrator

 

The Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA) formerly known as the National Consortium for Refugee Affairs, is a nonprofit organisation that promotes refugees, asylum seekers and migrants …

Black Sash Media Statement: Over one million orphans desperately need the Foster Child Grant – can the Department of Social Development deliver?

 

On 12 April 2013 the South Gauteng High Court ruled that Ms M from Kagiso qualified to be a foster parent for her three orphaned grandchildren. Ms M was assisted …

PLURAL+ 2013 Youth Video Festival Call for entries

 
Call for entries

Arabic – Chinese – French – Spanish

The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations ( UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration ( IOM) …

CoRMSA Commemorates South African Human Rights Day by calling for the finalisation and implementation of the National Action Plan to address racism and xenophobia in South Africa!

 

21 March marks Human Rights Day in South Africa. This is an important day for a country that witnessed the atrocities of the Sharpville Massacre on 21 March 1960, when …

CoRMSA calls on South Africa to promote the rule of law in the wake of the death of the Mozambican taxi driver in Daveyton

 

The death of Mozambican taxi driver, Mido Marcia at the police holding cells is an indication of the lack of respect for the rule of law by some members of …

Celebrating International Migrants Day

 

On the 18th of December 1990 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. …