The Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA), the Forced Migration Studies Programme (FMSP) and Oxfam have released a new research report on the xenophobic violence of May 2008 in South Africa. This report is intended to provide a comprehensive overall picture of the violence of May 2008 and includes sections on the [...]
The Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA) welcomes the recent statements by the Home Affairs Minister and Deputy Minister, made in advance of the department’s budget vote in Parliament, acknowledging the need for reform. However, these statements misrepresent the source of the problem, mistakenly pointing to a need to change refugee law. [...]
The Forced Migration Studies Programme (FMSP) at Wits University has released a new report on the quality of refugee status determination in South Africa. The report reviews 324 asylum application rejection letters from all of South Africa’s Refugee Reception Offices and finds that Refugee Status Determination Officers are not effectively being able to adequately recognise [...]
The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town’s application for membership of CoRMSA was approved at the last CoRMSA Executive Committee meeting on 25th February 2010. The Scalabrini Centre has a long history of assisting refugees and migrants and CoRMSA is proud to welcome the organisation into the network.