Home affairs pushes ahead with plan to ‘strategically manage’ migration
Minister Malusi Gigaba says a new policy framework is a shift towards a more ‘Afro-centric’ immigration regime to leverage the development potential of migration
The Department of Home Affairs will push ahead with plans to establish border processing centres for refugees, as part of sweeping legislative changes to SA’s immigration regime, which will also redefine processes leading to citizenship. International migration was growing in importance as a political issue, with SA requiring systematic reform to reflect the "profound impact" of the issue on the government and society, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Friday. SA must begin strategically managing migration rather than focusing on compliance, Gigaba said, "rather than intervening in a short-term and populist manner that many politicians would be wont to do". Gibaba was speaking during a conference on international migration, including discussions of a new white paper on international migration. The draft paper expected to be given to the Cabinet by the end of March was expected to lead to amendments of at least five acts. The green paper on international migration published...
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