Dear Students:

 

You are invited to our upcoming student lunch event - From Protection to Control: The Merging of Immigration and Asylum in South Africa – happening Wednesday, November 2nd at 1:15 at Roosevelt House.

 

We are honored to be joined by Dr. Roni Amit, a human rights lawyer who has worked in asylum, migration, and detention issues in South Africa for the last eight years. Dr. Amit will discuss the merging of immigration and asylum in South Africa, and the increasing emphasis on control over the protection of human rights.

 

Please see invitation below and attached. Note that lunch will be served. To RSVP, please email [log in to unmask].

 

We hope to see you there!

 

-Kelsey

 

--

Kelsey Adolphs

Program Associate

Human Rights Program

Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College

47-49 East 65th Street

New York, NY 10065

Phone: 212.396.7948

[log in to unmask]

 

From Protection to Control: The Merging of Immigration and Asylum in South Africa

 

Image result for Lindela images

Lindela Repatriation Centre in Krugersdorp. (Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, courtesy the Goodman gallery)

 

Wednesday, November 2nd, 1:15 – 2:45pm

Roosevelt House, 47-49 E 65th Street (between Park & Madison Avenues), 3rd floor

Student Lunch & Dialogue with Human Rights Lawyer Roni Amit

 

International migration is increasingly framed as a threat to national and economic security in South Africa, setting the stage for an expanding reliance on detention. This has led to disregard for the law, human rights violations, and an emphasis on control over protection. South Africa’s flawed and overburdened Refugee Status Determination (RSD) process has also largely become an attempt to root out so-called economic migrants as opposed to identifying individuals in need of protection. Dr. Roni Amit will join us to discuss the merging of immigration and asylum in South Africa and its implications for human rights.

 

 

Lunch will be served.      RSVP: [log in to unmask]

 

 

To unsubscribe from the HUMANRIGHTS-L list, click the following link:
https://HUNTER.LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU/scripts/wa-hc.exe?TICKET=NzM2MjkzIEtKMTcyQEhVTlRFUi5DVU5ZLkVEVSBIVU1BTlJJR0hUUy1MIHhrphJjYGgN&c=SIGNOFF