Migration Policy and Practice Initiative staff
Roni Amit United States
Roni Amit

Roni Amit is a Post-Doctoral fellow at ACMS and has a background in International Human Rights Law. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Washington and a Law Degree from New York University. Her research focuses on rights protection, administrative justice, legal processes and developments in the areas of refugee rights and detention.

Tesfalem Araia Eritrea
Tesfalem Tekleab Araia is a researcher at the African Centre for Migration & Society University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. As part of the ACMS’s Migrant Policy and Practice Initiative (MPPI), he has worked in multiple projects ranging from human smuggling, asylum system, and detention, and he is currently working on mobility, labour, and livelihoods.
Jean Pierre Misago Burundi
Jean Pierre Misago

Jean Pierre Misago has been with the ACMS since 2004. He is currently a researcher with the Migration Policy and Practice Inititative. With a background is in Education Sciences, Psychology, Forced Migration and Humanitarian Assistance, his research explores the effects of displacement on identity and belonging.

Tara Polzer Ngwato Germany
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Tara Polzer Ngwato has been with ACMS since 2002, and is a Senior Researcher with an interdisciplinary background in Social and Political Science (Cambridge) and Development Studies (London School of Economics and Political Science).