Migrants and Rights in Law and Practice projects |
This research theme examines the legal rights of migrants and their interactions with legal institutions from an access-to-justice perspective. Key focus areas include administrative justice,
refugee rights, and detention practices. Additionally, this research seeks to understand how migrants claim rights from state and non-state power holders, and to identify their rightsmobilising strategies.
This initiative builds upon the FMSP’s longstanding record of research and advocacy on migrant rights, with sustained, rigorous research into the nature of human-rights abuses against...
Zimbabwean migration to South Africa since 2000 has been the largest single flow of people in South African history. In spite of this, there has been relatively little comprehensive study of...
The Constitution of South Africa provides for the rights of migrants - including the basic right to protection of life and dignity as well as the right to equal access to justice - yet there are many...