Botswana, South Africa in High Level Talks on Trade, Immigration
It is no ordinary state visit as President Ian Khama yesterday led one of the most powerful delegations to get neighbour South Africa to change its stance and policies that threaten to throttle Botswana’s investment prospects.
Namibia Moves To Tackle Human Trafficking
WINDHOEK: Namibia sits in the buffer zone between crisis prone central Africa and South Africa, a major destination for trafficked persons, thus serving as a source, transit point and destination for refugees and persons trafficked from various parts of the region. Most victims of trafficking end up in forced labour, or are exploited for commercial sex.
LOCKED UP: Safe Haven Turns To Hell For African Asylum Seekers In Austria
VIENNA: Austrian government officials are up in arms over the issue of housing Nigerian and other African asylum seekers, with the government saying no village or city can be found to build a third asylum center for refugees.
Doctors For Dollars, The New Migration Economy
The flight of skilled manpower from southern African economies to the global market has reached critical levels, as Zimbabwe, South Africa and other countries in the region contemplate novel strategies to plug the brain drain and retain their best brains or at least maximise earnings from remittances.
In the wake of Europe’s growing demand for skilled manpower, driven by its declining birth rates and an aging workforce, southern African countries are redrafting their immigration laws to mitigate the impact of human capital loses and facilitate the influx of remittances from their established diasporas.