Happy Heritage Day to everyone including asylum seekers, refugees and migrants
Message from CoRMSA:
CoRMSA calls the Department of Home Affairs to regularise all the undocumented migrants during the eNCA Multi-stakeholder Dialogue
CoRMSA participated at the eNCA news Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on migration issues in Johannesburg alongside ANC representative, Home Affairs, Operation Dudula, and other civil society organisations. “The Department of Home Affairs needs to regularise all the undocumented migrants, ” argued CoRMSA
Annual Meeting of Trainers at Provincial Level- Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal – 31 August 2023
CoRMSA facilitated an Annual meeting of trainers at a provincial level in Durban, KwaZulu Natal where the youth trainers from Free State Province met with the youth trainers from Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal Province. The aim was to deepen various issues such as child rights, access to documentation, and statelessness. All children must know their rights…
Preventing Gender-Based Violence Symposium – 29-30 August 2023
We participated in a 2-day GBV symposium in Pretoria at the Embassy of Sweden, focusing on the prevention of GBV which included the participation of various experts on Human Rights and GBV issues. Part of the solutions included educating the media on how to report on rape issues.
CoRMSA at the Constitutional Court as an amicus curie
CoRMSA is currently at the Constitutional Court as an amicus curie on the controversial sections of the “abandoned provisions” in the Refugees Amendment Act . “These provisions infringe the rights of asylum seekers,” CoRMSA
International Youth Day Commemorations- Welkom, Free State Province
We commemorated International Youth Day with children and youth in Welkom, Free State Province through a discussion on the challenges faced by youth at a global scale such as access to education, documentation and healthcare, and unemployment, among others, and ways to overcome them.
National Women’s Day (Girl Child) Celebrations – Secunda , Mpumalanga Province
We celebrated the bravery of the 1956 Women who fought for the human rights of all women including asylum seekers, refugees and migrant women with the girls in Secunda, Mpumalanga Province. Happy Women’s Day to all Women in their Diversity!
CoRMSA’s meeting with the Department of Home Affairs
CoRMSA and its member organisations met with the Department of Home Affairs at Desmond Tutu Refugee Reception Center in Marabastad, Pretoria, to discuss the challenges faced by asylum seekers, refugees and migrants when applying for their documents, both online and in-person. Both parties proposed and agreed on various solutions. We hope to see a change…
Legal Training for CSO leaders and legal practitioners working with asylum seekers , refugees and migrants – 25 & 27 July 2023, Messina and Polokwane (Limpopo Province)
In partnership with various member organisations and partners, CoRMSA facilitated legal training for CSO leaders and legal practitioners working with asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants in Messina (25 July) and Polokwane (27 July), Limpopo province. The training focused on the Status determination process, Statelessness, Immigration detention, Access to health care and education, ZEP judgment and…
CoRMSA keeping aflame the uniting spirit of Nelson Mandela – Nelson Mandela Month
CoRMSA, in partnership with Leratong Advise Centre, hosted a human rights and social cohesion dialogue with the children and youth in Kathlehong, Johannesburg, to educate them about basic human rights, promote social cohesion and expose them to xenophobic tendencies that exist within our communities, in honour of Nelson Mandela Month. Thank you EU and UNICEF…