Unprotected Migrants

Author : Norma Kriger
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Alien labor, Zimbabwean
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Unprotected Migrants by Norma Kriger Pdf

Recommendations. To the government of South Africa. -- Background. Migration to South Africa - Foreign migrants on farms in South Africa - Zimbabwean farm workers in Limpopo Province -- The International Organization for Migration and Zimbabwean migrants. -- The legal framework: Migrants' status and employment conditions. -- The Immigration Act : Violations and gaps resulting in human rights abuses. Unlawful procedures and acts in the arrest, detention, and deportation of undocumented foreigners: Officers' failure to verify the status and identity of suspected "illegal foreigners"--Assault, bribery, and theft by police during arrest of suspected illegal migrants - Detention exceeding 30 days without proper procedures - Detention not in compliance with prescribed standards. --Deportation without an opportunity to collect remuneration, savings, and personal belongings -- Migrants' vulnerability to arrest and deportation arising from government deficiencies in documenting corporate workers -- Migrants' vulnerability to financial abuses by corporate permit holders. -- Employment laws : Violations and gaps resulting in human rights violations. -- Employers' failure to pay minimum wages, their unlawful use of piece rate, and their disregard of overtime rules -- Employers' failure to comply with provisions governing deductions from wages -- Discrimination and violence against Zimbabwean workers by South Africans in the private sector -- Housing and living conditions -- Workers' compensation -- Employer deductions for emergency travel documents (ETDs) -- Conclusion. -- Acknowledgements.

Author : Norma Kriger
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Alien labor
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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"Keep Your Head Down" by Norma Kriger Pdf

Recommendations -- Background -- The legal framework -- The Immigration Act : violations and legal gaps resulting in human rights abuses -- Employment laws : violations and legal gaps resulting in human rights abuses -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements.

Author : Oroub El-Abed
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780887283130

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Unprotected by Oroub El-Abed Pdf

Based on personal interviews with Palestinian families, Oroub El-Abed examines the effects of displacement and the livelihood strategies that Palestinians have employed while living in Egypt. The author also analyzes the impact of fluctuating Egyptian government policies on the Palestinian way of life. With limited basic human rights and in the context of very poor living conditions for Egyptians in general, Palestinians in Egypt have had to employ an array of both tangible and intangible assets to survive. By providing an account of how they marshalled these assets, this book aims to contribute to the expanding literature on forced migration and the theoretical understanding of the livelihoods of Palestinians in their "host" countries.

Author : Lesley Bartlett,Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135080303

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Refugees, Immigrants, and Education in the Global South by Lesley Bartlett,Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher Pdf

The unprecedented human mobility the world is now experiencing poses new and unparalleled challenges regarding the provision of social and educational services throughout the global South. This volume examines the role played by schooling in immigrant incorporation or exclusion, using case studies of Thailand, India, Nepal, Hong Kong/PRC, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Kenya, Egypt, South Africa, Senegal, Sudan, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. Drawing on key concepts in anthropology, the authors offer timely sociocultural analyses of how governments manage increasing diversity and how immigrants strategize to maximize their educational investments. The findings have significant implications for global efforts to expand educational inclusion and equity.

Author : Rainer Munz,Rainer Ohliger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135759384

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Diasporas and Ethnic Migrants by Rainer Munz,Rainer Ohliger Pdf

This work adopts a comparative approach to explore interrelations between two phenomena which, so far, have rarely been examined and analysed together, namely the dynamics of diaspora and minority formation in Central and Eastern Europe on the one hand, and the diaspora migration on the other.

Author : Alice Bloch,Milena Chimienti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135701871

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Irregular Migrants by Alice Bloch,Milena Chimienti Pdf

A new era of international migration has been accompanied by increasingly restrictive immigration controls to manage migration to more developed countries. The consequence has been fewer routes to enter and/or stay in countries in a regularised way and as a result, an increase in the numbers of undocumented migrants. In this situation undocumented migrants, especially in relation to immigration controls and internal security have come to occupy an important role on the policy agenda of many nation states. The control and regulation of undocumented migrants has become an increasingly politicised issue. This edited collection brings together cutting edge scholarly research papers to explore undocumented migration at the international, national and individual levels. Starting with an overview of the literature on undocumented migration this book explores some of the key areas of research and policy in this area. This includes the making of undocumented migrants, the journey and processes, experiences of being undocumented at the individual level, collective action and return. This fascinating book explores the many facets of undocumented migration and of being an undocumented migrant in different geographical contexts that include Europe, Southern Africa, Central America and North America. This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Author : Marie-Benedicte Dembour,Tobias Kelly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136700071

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Are Human Rights for Migrants? by Marie-Benedicte Dembour,Tobias Kelly Pdf

Human rights seemingly offer universal protection. However, irregular migrants have, at best, only problematic access to human rights. Whether understood as an ethical injunction or legally codified norm, the promised protection of human rights seems to break down when it comes to the lived experience of irregular migrants. This book therefore asks three key questions of great practical and theoretical importance. First, what do we mean when we speak of human rights? Second, is the problematic access of irregular migrants to human rights protection an issue of implementation, or is it due to the inherent characteristics of the concept of human rights? Third, should we look beyond human rights for an effective source of protection? Written is an accessible style, with a range of socio-legal and doctrinal approaches, the chapters focus on the situation of the irregular migrant in Europe and the United States. Throughout the book, nuanced theoretical debates are put in the context of concrete case studies. The critical reflections it offers on the limitations and possibilities of human rights protections for irregular migrants will be invaluable for students, scholars and practitioners.

Author : Anna S. Hüncke
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783658416706

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Migration and Making an Income in the Context of ‘Human Trafficking’ by Anna S. Hüncke Pdf

The book focuses on volatile processes at the South African-Zimbabwean border that arise from practices of migration and income generating activities. The processes are influenced by neoliberal developments and controversial discourses on migration, commercial sexual services, and human trafficking. In this unstable environment, different actors continuously negotiate, trying to achieve stable positions. By addressing issues related to migration and income generating activities, they maneuver between legal rules and their own moral values and interests. In their attempt to classify incidents in the border context that are unclear to them, actors’ explanations are partly based on the concept of transnational human trafficking. Thereby, they transfer the impenetrability discursively associated with this concept to what they see as obscure cross-border migration, disconcerting sexual services, and other alienating economic activities. Alternatively, actors understand undocumented cross-border migration, commercial sexual services, and other illegalised income-generating activities as common everyday practices at the border and also assume that human trafficking does not play an important role there.

Author : JoAnn McGregor,Ranka Primorac
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781845458416

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Zimbabwe's New Diaspora by JoAnn McGregor,Ranka Primorac Pdf

Zimbabwe’s crisis since 2000 has produced a dramatic global scattering of people. This volume investigates this enforced dispersal, and the processes shaping the emergence of a new "diaspora" of Zimbabweans abroad, focusing on the most important concentrations in South Africa and in Britain. Not only is this the first book on the diasporic connections created through Zimbabwe’s multifaceted crisis, but it also offers an innovative combination of research on the political, economic, cultural and legal dimensions of movement across borders and survival thereafter with a discussion of shifting identities and cultural change. It highlights the ways in which new movements are connected to older flows, and how displacements across physical borders are intimately linked to the reworking of conceptual borders in both sending and receiving states. The book is essential reading for researchers/students in migration, diaspora and postcolonial literary studies.

Author : Stéphane de Tapia
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789287153005

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New Patterns of Irregular Migration in Europe by Stéphane de Tapia Pdf

Based on the discussions and findings of a Council of Europe expert seminar meeting, held in Strasbourg in November 2002, as well as a literature review, this publication considers the complex and interrelated issues involved in irregular migration flows in Europe, including illegal migration, applications for and refusal of asylum, and traffic in human beings. It also considers possible options for improving reception and migration policy management in Europe. Conclusions drawn include that closing external borders or implementing strict migration policies in countries of transit or arrival are often ineffective, benefiting criminal networks whilst contributing to rising fears in host countries.

Author : Santosh Jatrana,Mika Toyota,Brenda S.A. Yeoh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134228522

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Migration and Health in Asia by Santosh Jatrana,Mika Toyota,Brenda S.A. Yeoh Pdf

The processes of migration and health are inextricably linked in complex ways, with migration impacting on the mental and physical health of individuals and communities. Health itself can be a motivation for moving or a reason for staying, and migration can have implications on the health of those who move, those who are left behind, and the communities that receive migrants. This volume brings together some of the increasing number of researchers who are studying health and migration in Asia - a continent which is a major exporter and importer of human resources. Using both quantitative and qualitative approaches, the essays included in this work investigate the interdisciplinary issues of health and health-related behaviours in the field of migration. Comprehensive and scholarly, Migration and Health in Asia also covers major themes such as the pandemics of HIV/AIDS and SARS, differential access to health and civil society for migrants, and the health of the populations who are left behind.

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789231001864

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Cities welcoming refugees and migrants by UNESCO Pdf

Author : Arthur Helton,Natalia Voronina
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004478565

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Forced Displacement and Human Security in the Former Soviet Union by Arthur Helton,Natalia Voronina Pdf

This book provides detailed discussion of all the relevant national and international instruments that may be invoked in cases of forced displacement. It's in-depth survey includes relevant laws and policies from all fifteen of the countries that emerged from the USSR, as well as conventions dealing with migrants and refugees concluded by such organizations as the Council of Europe, the OSCE, the ILO, the European Union, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The work of non-governmental organizations in the field is also taken into account. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

Author : Judith Gruber,Sigrid Rettenbacher
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004297975

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Migration as a Sign of the Times by Judith Gruber,Sigrid Rettenbacher Pdf

Migrations are contested sites of identity negotiations: they are not simply a process of border crossings but more so of border shiftings. Rather than allowing migrants to swiftly move across stable borders from one clearly defined identity to another, migrations question and renegotiate these very identities. Migrations undermine and re-establish borders along which the identity of migrants (and also that of the supposedly settled population) are constituted, and, as a discourse, migrations serve as a contested site of negotiating identities. Migrations reveal the negotiable character of identities - and representations of migration are themselves a hotspot in contemporary identity constructions. What can theology contribute to the negotiations on migration? The contributions of this volume work towards a reading of migration as a sign of the times. Together, they offer "steps towards a theology of migration." They show that migration calls for a new way of doing. A theology that is exposed to migration as a sign of the times is drwan into the shifting, unsettling, and undermining of borders. This has impact not only on the discourse of migration, but also on the discourse of theology: it calls theology to move away from its search for well-established definitions (literally: borders) of its God-talk and to venture into new, uncharted territory. It loses its fixed, clearly defined grounds and finds itself on the way toward a renegotiation of what it means to believe in, celebrate, and reflect on YHWH - on God who is with us on the way.

Author : Kavita Datta,Gareth Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134692330

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Housing and Finance in Developing Countries by Kavita Datta,Gareth Jones Pdf

This book explores the linkages between formal and informal housing finance drawing upon the lessons of NGO and micro-finance practices. Both public and private formal finance institutions have experienced great difficulty in lending below a middle-income client group, and are often reluctant to lend for the purpose of housing at all. This failure of formal finance to filter down to low-income households, and in particular to women, has led various NGOs and community groups to create and adopt innovative finance programmes, such as informal savings banks and credit rotating schemes. The authors critically assess the impact of theses schemes, and evaluate links between gender, housing and finance.