SA has been receiving millions of migrants from neighbouring countries and further afield. Environmental factors can be one of push factors that contribute to people’s decision to move. Easier identifiable in cases of rapid onset disasters than slow onset disasters. Also rapid urbanisation – again environmental reasons can be one of push factors for relocation (e.g. increased rainfall variability impacts subsistence farming activities). In particular, we investigate the issue of environmental migration in the South African context and consider the degree to which it is currently being addressed in South Africa’s policy and legislative framework. It’s not addressed in one place only, so we look at four distinct areas where it is being addressed.
Reference:
Funke, N.S., Jacobs-Mata, I.M. and Nohayi, N. 2018. Cross-border and internal environmental migration in South Africa – deciphering the complexities of the changing policy landscape. Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Regional Policy Forum for Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean Region, Protea Hotel Centurion, Centurion, 5-6 June 2018
Funke, N. S., Jacobs-Mata, I. M., & Nohayi, N. (2018). Cross-border and internal environmental migration in South Africa – deciphering the complexities of the changing policy landscape. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10499
Funke, Nicola S, Inga M Jacobs-Mata, and Ngowenani Nohayi. "Cross-border and internal environmental migration in South Africa – deciphering the complexities of the changing policy landscape." (2018): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10499
Funke NS, Jacobs-Mata IM, Nohayi N, Cross-border and internal environmental migration in South Africa – deciphering the complexities of the changing policy landscape; 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10499 .
Presentation delivered during Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Regional Policy Forum for Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean Region, Protea Hotel Centurion, Centurion, 5-6 June 2018