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Media Monitoring Project submits complaint about Daily Sun reporting on xenophobia
Source: Media Monitoring Project
After much speculation about the media's influence on the recent outbreaks of xenophobic violence, Daily Sun is now subject of an official complaint about their coverage of non-nationals. The Media Monitoring Project (MMP) and its partner Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA)…
Resource type: News
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Increase in number of migrants repatriated
Source: Irish Times
by CARL O'BRIEN THE GOVERNMENT repatriated more than 500 eastern European migrants to their home countries so far this year under a scheme aimed at assisting destitute immigrants. In the eight months leading up to August a total of 511 migrants were repatriated. The number…
Resource type: News
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ID on demand ruled unconstitutional
Source: Irish Times
MARY CAROLAN and JAMIE SMYTHA PROVISION of the Immigration Act forcing non-Irish nationals to produce ID on demand to a garda or face a criminal conviction has been ruled “unconstitutional” by the High Court.Immigrant groups welcomed the landmark judgment, which they said would help fight…
Resource type: News
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Non-EU parents of citizens entitled to residency, court rules
Source: The Irish Times
by Carol Coulter, Legal Affairs EditorIN A ruling with major implications for Irish policy, the European Court of Justice has ruled that the non-EU parents of an EU citizen child must be allowed to live and work in that EU state. Until 2005 all children…
Resource type: News
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Investment in South Africa From Inside and Out: Reflections of an Overseas Friend
The Atlantic Philanthropies’ approach to investment in South Africa and the country’s challenges in the face of declining international funding are discussed in this speech by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Inyathelo Annual Awards Ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa. It is…
Resource type: Speech
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'Bridging visa' plan for certain immigrants
Source: Irish Times
Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is an Atlantic grantee.by RUADHÁN MacCORMAIC, Migration CorrespondentMinister for Justice Dermot Ahern yesterday confirmed that foreign nationals from outside the European Economic Area who have become undocumented through no fault of their own would soon be eligible to apply for a…
Resource type: News
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Zimbabweans get visa-free SA entry
Source: Business Day (South Africa)
Original Source The University of the Witwatersrand’s Forced Migration Studies Programme is an Atlantic grantee. WILSON JOHWA, Political Correspondent SA is to drop the visa requirement for Zimbabwean passport holders while also granting them special residency permits allowing them to work in the country. Home Affairs Minister…
Resource type: News
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Why TAC is taking govt to court over refugees
Source: Mail & Guardian Online (South Africa)
Original Source CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - Government inaction in the face of deteriorating living conditions in camps for displaced foreign nationals has forced refugees to take legal steps against the state, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) said on Wednesday. Briefing the media in Cape…
Resource type: News
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Strengthen grassroots press at community Ground Zero
Source: Business Day (South Africa)
Original Source By Graeme Addison CRITICISM has been levelled at sections of the press - notably the Daily Sun and Sapa - for racially tinged reporting that allegedly fanned the fires of xenophobia. The accusation rests on the semantic bias of terms such as aliens…
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Kevin Rudd says Vietnam important partner of Australia
Source: The Saigon Times
By Mong Binh.HCMC - Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said Vietnam was becoming one of Australia’s most important partners in Asia-Pacific given this ASEAN nation’s increasing role in the region and its growth. Rudd was speaking to over 200 people including government and corporate representatives…
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