Vigilante videos, AI-generated content and Mandela-linked framing are fuelling millions of mentions and xenophobic sentiment.
A visa regime acknowledging the inevitability of some migration between neighbouring countries could affordably reduce irregular migration.
With local government elections less than six months away, greater vigilance by the public and social media platforms is vital.
South Africa cannot build enough fences or deport enough immigrants to overcome the consequences of instability in neighbouring countries.
Precedents show that crackdowns and tighter regulations often have negative domestic and diplomatic consequences, sometimes lasting decades.
Police and leaders of anti-immigration movements have a responsibility to ensure that protests do not degenerate into violence.
Rising xenophobia is fuelled by narratives that woefully and wilfully misrepresent SA’s socio-economic problems and immigration and refugee law.
The coercive repatriation of Burundian refugees risks reproducing cycles of displacement ahead of Burundi’s 2027 elections.
More secretive deals to accept deported third-country migrants from the US degrade democracy and don’t serve African countries.
Seventeen African nations are pioneering global migration management, but will others follow their lead?
European leaders distance themselves from Trump’s hardline immigration tactics, but how different are their approaches?
The massive scale and fast pace of displacement cycles have overwhelmed support systems in Sudan and neighbouring countries.
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