Posts In: asylum
B Camminga talks transgender refugees in South Africa
“Transgender people often cannot afford the luxury of invisibility” – maHp/ACMS postdoctoral fellow B Camminga discusses their book ‘Transgender Refugees and the Imagined South Africa’ with Nal’ibali.
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SEMINAR: Protection of Asylum Seekers, Refugees in South Africa
Susan Tolmay of Amnesty International South Africa (AISA) gave a presentation about the main factors that make it difficult for asylum seekers to claim and receive refugee status in South Africa.
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“Gender Refugees” in South Africa: The “Common-Sense” Paradox, in: Africa Spectrum
This article is the runner up for the UFS/AS Young African Scholars Award. Join us in congratulating maHp/ ACMS postdoctoral researcher B Camminga for this great achievement, along with their recent selection as one of the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans.
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B Camminga one of the M&G 200 Young South Africans
maHp’s postdoctoral fellow B Camminga has been selected as one of the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans for 2018.
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Asylum as a Form of Life: The Politics and Experience of Indeterminacy in South Africa
According to the United Nations, in 2003 South Africa had the highest number of asylum seekers worldwide. Based on interviews with applicants or former applicants to refugee status as well as officials, adjudicators and activists, the authors propose to analyze asylum as a form of life, rather than as bare life.
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Proud in Europe? LGBTI refugees, immigration authorities & the gay community in the EU
Last month Amsterdam was home to the Europride, a European LGBT event which takes place in a different European city every year.
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Exploring the Intersectionalities of Gender and Sexuality in Migration Studies
“Could you tell me what the difference is between a sex worker and someone who sells sex?” asks a member of the audience. “Well, we argue that some of these migrant women do not necessarily label themselves as a sex worker.
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