In commemoration of World Refugee Day 2004, Wits University's Forced
Migration Studies Programme is launching its publication, Forced Migrants
in the New Johannesburg: Towards a Local Government Response. Produced and
distributed with support from the Foundation for Human Rights in Pretoria,
South Africa, this edited volume includes contributions from many of those
working with or on behalf of the city's forced migrants.
The book speaks to South Africa's national theme for this year's World
Refugee Day commemoration - 'Home in Exile: Rebuilding Refugee Lives in
South Africa' - and explores how South Africa's newly global cities can
address and incorporate international migrants.
The text itself begins by outlining the responsibilities of local
government towards asylum seekers and refugees and the benefits of
inclusion for all city residents. This is followed by a series of short
papers exploring specific issues: access to education, youth, health,
housing, financial services, and forced migrants' relations to the police.
Each of these papers offers positive recommendations that will help us
build a safer, more prosperous, and inclusive city.
Copies of the text are available on line from the Wits Forced Migration
Studies website: http://migration.wits.ac.za/FMNJ.html
Loren B. Landau, PhD
Acting Director and Research Coordinator
Forced Migration Studies Programme
Private Bag X3
Graduate School for the Humanities and Social Science
University of the Witwatersrand, WITS 2050
Phone: +27 11 717 4038
Fax: +27 11 717 4039
http://migration.wits.ac.za
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