26th-30th November 2018 This week CoRMSA and its member organisations are organizing and apart of various activities and events in forwarding our mandate to promote and protect the human rights of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in South Africa. 27th November Abigail Dawson will be participating in a social dialogue on access to health care…
For immediate release: 25 November 2018 #HearMeToo: Uniting to Protect Women on the Move “Women and girls represent a significant proportion of people on the move world wide” – IOM world migration report 2018. The risks and vulnerabilities of women and girls on the move are shaped to a great extent by their gender. Violence…
A ‘foreign threat’ could be a convenient boogeyman in an election season where politicians will face questions about their failures. Or not? Last week, Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi claimed in a speech at the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union’s (Nehawu) Nurses’ Summit that undocumented immigrants are flooding South Africa and overburdening clinics and hospitals.When immigrants “get…
For immediate release: 20 November 2018. “Children in Migration Deserves Birth Certificate Too” Today, 20thNovember is Universal Children’s Day, this day is celebrated annually. The goal of Universal Children’s Day is to improve child welfare worldwide, promote and celebrate children’s rights and encourage togetherness and awareness amongst all children. The Day was initially launched in…
19th-20th November Muluti Phiri, CoRMSA advocacy officer is attending a facilitated discussion, hosted by Legal Resource Centre in Cape Town, on undocumented children accessing education. This discussion aims to bring together various stakeholders in the Western Cape working towards the realization of the right to basic education as well as to map out some of the…
Day 2: 16th REGIONAL SEMINAR OF THE ACP-EU ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INTEREST GROUPS Windhoek, Namibia. 8-9 November 2018. CoRMSA Director ( Thifulufheli Sinthumule) presenting on the work of CoRMSA and the actions developed by the organisation, such as the SADC regional migrants network, challenges and possible solutions to regional migration This presentation was done during…
CoRMSA is and will be presenting at the 1 Windhoek, Namibia. 8-9 November 2018. The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is mandated to organise consultation sessions and meetings of ACP-EU economic and socialinterest groups in order to voice these actors’ views on the ACP-EU partnership and foster cooperation between civil society organisations. CoRMSA will…
05 November-11th November This week CoRMSA and its member organisations are organizing and apart of various activities and events in forwarding our mandate to promote and protect the human rights of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in South Africa. 06 November 2018 The African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS), a CoRMSA member organisation, is…
31st October 2018 CoRMSA attended and participated in a conference in August 2018 hosted by Public Service International (PSI) on the National Health Insurance (NHI). At this conference CoRMSA presented the importance of including and expanding access to basic healthcare service for refugees, migrants and asylum seekers being stipulated in the current NHI Bill. The…
31st October 2018 CoRMSA is attending and participating at the roundtable dialogue on the ‘Prevention and Combating Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill’, with the view of better understanding and assessing potential implications once the Bill is enacted. CoRMSA is one of the founding member of the Hate Crime Working group. The objectives of the…