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A collection of CDE's media articles covering a wide spectrum of topics over the last ten years. Read more

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Migration

CDE has been actively involved in the debate on migration in South Africa since 1997 and has set out some of the key lessons of international experience in migration policy to further stimulate the debate. After a decade of democratic rule CDE believes that the time has come for a bold new approach to migration issues.

a. Books

•	Migration and refugee policies: An overview » Ann Bernstein and Myron Weiner (eds), London: Pinter Press, 1999

b. Major Policy Reports

•	People on the move: Lessons from international migration policies » CDE Research 6, June 1997

•	People on the move: A new approach to cross-border migration in South Africa » CDE Research 7, June 1997

c. In Depth / Round Table

•	Managing migration in South Africa's national interest: Lessons from international experience » CDE Round Table 12, October 2009

•	Immigrants in Johannesburg: Estimating numbers and assessing impacts » CDE In Depth 9, August 2008

•	Migration from Zimbabwe: Numbers, needs, and policy options » CDE Workshop 1, March 2008

•	Skills, growth and migration policy: Overcoming the 'fatal constraint' » CDE In Depth 5, February 2007

d. Focus / Briefings / Debates

•	Immigrants in South Africa: Perceptions and reality in Witbank, a medium-sized industrial town » CDE Focus 9, May 2006

•	Should South Africa open its doors to skilled foreigners? » CDE Debate 8, October 1997

e. Comments on Government Documents

•	South Africa needs an independent Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the May 2008 violence » CDE, July 2008

•	CDE Response to the 2005 Amended Immigration Bill » CDE, March 2005

•	South Africa's new immigration law: A salvageable instrument for economic growth? » CDE, October 2002

•	South Africa’s skills crisis – is the new Immigration Bill good enough? » CDE, August 2001

•	Suggested amendments to the draft Immigration Bill of 2 February 2000 » CDE, March 2000

•	Becoming ‘the world’s most promising emerging market’: Is the government’s white paper on international migration good enough? » CDE, February 2000

•	Response to the green paper on international migration » CDE, June 1997