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Peculiar bedfellows: When Health and Home Affairs turn care into control

Peculiar bedfellows: When Health and Home Affairs turn care into control

by Jo Vearey | Feb 18, 2026 | Front Page, News, Unhealthy Migration

This opinion piece was originally published on Daily Maverick, under the same title, on 16 February 2026. The featured image above was created using ChatGPT. By ACMS Dr. Rebecca Walker and Associate Prof. Jo Vearey A draft policy positions the departments of Health...
ACMS SPOTLIGHT: Mobilities, Health & Wellbeing team and research

ACMS SPOTLIGHT: Mobilities, Health & Wellbeing team and research

by Jo Vearey | Dec 18, 2025 | News, Front Page, Unhealthy Migration

Today—18 December—we recognise International Migrants Day. In 2000 the United Nations (UN) General Assembly established this day in commemoration of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,...
Closing the gap in the wrong direction

Closing the gap in the wrong direction

by Jo Vearey | Nov 11, 2025 | Front Page, Journal Articles, News, Unhealthy Migration

Walker, R., Vearey, J. “Closing the gap in the wrong direction” migration, health policy, and the exclusion of asylum seekers, refugees and undocumented migrants from healthcare access in South Africa. BMC Public Health 25, 3877 (2025)....
Cities in Motion: Health, Violence & Crisis in SA’s Urban Worlds

Cities in Motion: Health, Violence & Crisis in SA’s Urban Worlds

by Ntokozo Yingwana | Nov 4, 2025 | Events, Front Page, News, Unhealthy Migration

As part of the Migration, Health & Wellbeing in Context webinar series, the ACMS in partnership with Nuture4Youth, Global Health Research Group: GEMMS, the Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Migration & Health, and the Wits University School of Social...
JOB: Research Assistant on youth migration and SRHR

JOB: Research Assistant on youth migration and SRHR

by NicholasS | Sep 29, 2025 | Front Page, News, Unhealthy Migration

Purpose/Brief Description of Job: The Research Assistant will support a regional research project focused on understanding the impacts of youth mobility and migration on access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services in Southern Africa. The...
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