MIGRATION VULNERABILITY, access to social protection for select migrant categories

437pp., maps, paperback, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Stellenbosch, 2024

ISBN: 9781991260369

Academics and practitioners from different social science backgrounds on the availability, adequacy and access to social protection to migrants from three distinct categories: migrants exposed to climate change, those in the informal sector and high skilled professionals. 

Contributions include:

"A comparative perspective on 'temporary movement' and 'skill' in trade services: Learning from Europe's mishaps and mistakes" by Tonia Novitz

"Skilled migrants access to social protection in the SADC region" by Theodore Kamwimbi

"An evaluation of the mirage, reality, social protection and migrant workers in the South African informal economy" by William Manga Mokofe

"Gaining insight into migration: Two case studies" by Simona Gallo-Mosala

"Climate-induced internal displacement and the national ownership on solutions: A once in al lifetime opportunity to get it right" by Peter de Clercq.

 Marius Olivier holds ad-hoc professorial appointments in law with several universities, and is a fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study.

Avinash Govindjee is a Judge of the High Court of South Africa (Eastern Cape Division) and Honorary Professor of the Department of Public Law, Nelson Mandela University.

Evance Kalula is Chairperson of the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association, Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Cape Town and an Honorary Professor at the University of Rwanda. He is a fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study.