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  • Displaced Sudanese Return, says IOM

    IOM says that just over half of about four million people who fled the civil war in South Sudan have returned there after the 2005 peace agreement

    The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says that just over half of about four million people who fled the civil war in South Sudan have returned there after the 2005 peace agreement.

    IOM spokesperson, Jean Philippe Chauzy, states that the pace of return slowed significantly after more than 1.47 million went home during the first two years, with just 160 000 going back in 2009.

    Source: 
    News24
    Article link: 
    http://www.news24.com/Content/Africa/News/965/8144033ce9de46aca54b6dce9f84df28/0...

  • The Cynical Eco-Optimist

    To dream or not to dream that is the question

  • SA-Zim Migration Agreement

    South Africa and Zimbabwe have signed a four-year agreement to promote safe labour migration between the two Southern Africa Development Community countries

    South Africa and Zimbabwe have signed a four-year agreement to promote safe labour migration between the two Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries.

    Zimbabwe’s Labour and Social Welfare Minister, Paurina Mpariwa, says that the agreement seeks to facilitate the safe and temporary migration of Zimbabweans to work in Limpopo (agricultural sector).

    Source: 
    All Africa

  • IOM, USAID, Launch Ripfumelo Project

    New programme aims to reduce risks of hard living and poor pay, especially HIV for migrant workers

    Long treks, hard living and poor pay - the life of a migrant farm worker is not easy, and can even be downright risky. But a new programme aims to reduce that risk, at least when it comes to HIV.

    The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched Ripfumelo ("believe" in xiTsonga), a project aimed at expanding access to HIV-related services among an estimated 20 000 migrant workers in northern Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces.

    Source: 
    <br /> PlusNews
    Article link: 
    http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=85711

  • IOM Helps Zimbabweans Go Home

    IOM says it is helping Zimbabweans who had hoped to find a better life in South Africa to return home

    The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says it is helping Zimbabweans who had hoped to find a better life in South Africa to return home.

    The organisation says it arranged a bus trip for 33 people to return to Zimbabwe from Johannesburg's Central Methodist Church last week.

    The church is crowded with hundreds of Zimbabweans who have fled their troubled country.

    Source: 
    <br /> eTaiwan News
    Article link: 
    http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=960773&lang=eng_news

  • Crossing the Threshold of Regionalism

    Crossing the Threshold of Regionalism is a policy brief that reviews social security systems in Southern Africa. In the context of increased cross border migration as a result of deeper regional integration and deteriorating living conditions in some countries, the brief examines the possibility of social benefits for migrant workers in Southern Africa being portable across countries in the region.

    For more information, click here (PDF).