To: President Matamela Cyril Ramphosa Re: Request for your immediate political intervention on recent lootings, xenophobia and displacement of foreign nationals in the country. I write on behalf of the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA). CoRMSA is a national network of twenty-five (25) organisations whose main objectives and mission are the…
Press Statement For immediate Release: 18 July 2019 ‘To all those who walk the long road to freedom’ 18 July 2019 in South Africa and around the globe, is a pivotal point of reflection: 25 years into South Africa’s democracy and Nelson Mandela Day, observing and commemorating one of many people who led South…
Joint World Refugee Day Press Statement 20 June 2019 For Immediate Release “Everyone…
17 June- 23 June 2019 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. 17 June 2019 17 June is a public holiday in recognising Youth Day. Please…
Press Statement For immediate Release: 16 June 2019. “Refugee and Migrant Youth Are Youth Too – Says CoRMSA” June 16this South Africa’s Youth Day in commemoration of the 1976 Soweto Youth uprising. On this day, thousands of students from Soweto protested in defiance to Bantu Education, which institutionalised Afrikaans as a medium of instruction…
Press Statement 28 March 2019. For Immediate release: Mr President: Condemn Xenophobic Violence in Durban Kwa-Zulu Natal – It is Your Fault. On the 25thMarch 2019 the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development launched the National Action Plan (NAP) to Combat Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerances. This comprehensive policy document provides measures…
National Human Rights Day Press Statement 21 March 2019. For Immediate…
04 February – 10 February 2019 This week CoRMSA and its member organisations are organising 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 January 2019 Abigail Dawson will be attending the launch of the Hub…
28th January- 3rd February 2019 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. 28th January 2019 The CoRMSA team will be doing a site visit to the…
Press Release: For Immediate release: 18 December 2018 #WithDignity: CoRMSA celebrates the dignity and achievement of migrants in South Africa. December 18th marks International Migrants Day. This day is celebrated annually since 2000 in commemorating the adoption of the international convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families…