@alanhirsch
Working on African migration governance & Europe-Africa migration relations; also SA and African economic development. New South Institute, UCT and SOAS. Member of President Ramaphosa's Economic Advisory Council. Orlando Pirates, Chelsea, & Springboks.
How can continental African initiatives and institutions drive an agenda for freer, regular migration by Africans across African borders? Victor Amadi and I investigated this: nsi.org.za/publications...
Lots to learn from the East African experience of migration governance reform. Mostly positive lessons, but still a considerable to-do list.
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My report on migration governance reform in East Africa is finally out!
nsi.org.za/publications...
My new report on migration governance reform in East Africa is finally out. nsi.org.za/publications...
My review of Andrew Sillen's story of a man enslaved at sea during the American Civil War is out. It'sa rollicking naval yarn and a passionate critique of apologist versions of the story and of the Civil War. It also shows the global dimensions of this domestic conflict.
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I recently reviewed an interesting book on refugee reception in South Africa.
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Isn't it time to speak out? @drodrik.bsky.social on the necessity of confronting Trump.
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
More than four hectares of prime land across the boundary of Green Point and Sea Point are to be auctioned off by the City of Cape Town for mixed-use development which includes affordable housing.
Read groundup.org.za/article/city... by Matthew Hirsch and Steve Kretzmann
I don't know if this has come before the East African Court of Justice. Unlikely that this issue is in the EA integration treaty or protocols? I think. I looked at the jurisprudence of the EACJ in respect of the commitment to human mobility in the EA Common Market protocol. Paper is in production.
In my forthcoming paper on the East African Community I show how the East African Court of Justice was weakened through amendments to its governing treaty that inhibited its jurisdiction over individual human rights issues. Including the right to travel across EAC borders.
I have recently been honoured with an appointment to Minister Godongwana's G20 Africa Expert Panel. I hope we can make a useful contribution
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We now have a hugely skilled, greatly experienced leader for our program of public sector reform and innovation in South Africa at the New South Institute. Great to have Yoliswa on board.
We are pleased to announce that our New South Institute paper on the movement of people in ECOWAS (West African Community) by Victor Amadi has just been published.
nsi.org.za/publications...
@bsky.app is finally coming of age. This is the first time I have had quicker reactions to a post on Bluesky than to my other social media. Hurray!
A French version of my article on global trends in migration policy and practice.
theconversation.com/politiques-a...
Great primer on American aid cuts/disruptions by @kopalo.bsky.social
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While I understand and condemn the awful impact of current actions against migrants, I think south to north migrants will have the last laugh theconversation.com/anti-immigra...
Here, at last, is an article which places the zama zama story in historical, regional and social context. It wasn't simply opportunism that drove the zama zamas. Rosalind Morris explains why.
theconversation.com/informal-min...
Looking forward to my first offering at ICT's summer school at the end of January. Two lectures on fantasy and fact in migration policy.
summerschool.uct.ac.za/fantasy-and-...
Why is immigration such a sensitive issue? Do governments misunderstand the facts or just ignore them? What should they do? Come to my lectures at UCT Summer School on 31 Jan and 1 Feb for a great conversation.
summerschool.uct.ac.za/fantasy-and-...
You interrogate them until they confess, like they used to do.
I enjoyed this conversation with Ivan Martin on migration governance within and between Europe and Africa, facilitated by Imane Lahrich at the Policy Center for the New South. I hope this conversation will continue between the PCNS and the New South Institute.
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I have a new essay out called 'Migration governance paradoxes and realistic pathways: An African perspective' in a collection published by the Policy Center for the New South. See here (where it is available at a price): www.policycenter.ma/publications...
A cheat's guide to Cop 29 outcomes. All you need to know without sensationalism.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...
We have similar preoccupations in South Africa now, where the future potential for decent jobs, and exports, in manufacturing is much smaller than in the services sector.
What do Africans think about migrants. Are Africans hostile to migrants or is the problem that governments stand in the way of greater mobility? This paper set out to engage with these questions using a Delphi survey of experts and policymakers.
www.boell.de/sites/defaul...
Interesting that the DM of Home Affairs in SA says that the White Paper on on Citizenship, Immigration, & Refugee Protection which went through cabinet in April, before the election, is being reviewed to address the concerns of 'stakeholders'. Is this a formal process?
www.dha.gov.za/index.php/st...
Hereβs a valuable new paper on labour migration pathways for Europe
odi.org/en/publicati...
