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The Security implications of the refugee situation in South Africa
Dissertation (MSecurity Studies)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/41367 The Security implications of the refugee situation in South Africa Hough, Mike (Michael) Omeokachie, Ifeanyi Vincent Asylum seekers Illegal immigration Illegal immigration Migration Mixed migration National security National security threat Refugees Refugee flows Security Xenophobia UCTD Dissertation (MSecurity Studies)--University of Pretoria, 2013. The aim of this study is to analyse the security implications of refugee flows to South Africa. The country is reputed to host the largest number of refugees and asylum seekers in the world and is also the foremost refugee destination of choice on the African continent. It therefore becomes pertinent that a consideration of the security implications is necessary in this age of global migration. The dissertation is based on three main assumptions to be investigated and tested, namely: > The main causes of refugee flows to South Africa reside in a number of push-factors in the sending countries, but also in a number of pull-factors in South Africa. > The security implications of refugee flows to South Africa are exacerbated by a number of political, socio-economic and administrative issues in South Africa. > Although concern over some of the security issues relating to refugee flows to South Africa have been officially expressed, policy responses have been ambiguous. The study is undertaken against the background of the concept of national security, specifically in developing countries. It is within these parameters that the security implications of refugees in South Arica are analysed, especially from the perspective of political, economic, social and environmental dimensions. The study mainly focuses on the period 1994 to 2010, as it is within this period that major developments regarding refugee issues in South Africa occurred. gm2014 Political Sciences Unrestricted 2014-08-18T07:03:10Z 2014-08-18T07:03:10Z 2014-04-23 2013 Mini Dissertation Omeokachie, IV 2014, The Security implications of the refugee situation in South Africa, MSecurity Studies dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41367> F14/4/472/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41367 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Asylum seekers Illegal immigration Illegal immigration Migration Mixed migration National security National security threat Refugees Refugee flows Security Xenophobia UCTD The Security implications of the refugee situation in South Africa |
| title | The Security implications of the refugee situation in South Africa |
| title_full | The Security implications of the refugee situation in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The Security implications of the refugee situation in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Security implications of the refugee situation in South Africa |
| title_short | The Security implications of the refugee situation in South Africa |
| title_sort | security implications of the refugee situation in south africa |
| topic | Asylum seekers Illegal immigration Illegal immigration Migration Mixed migration National security National security threat Refugees Refugee flows Security Xenophobia UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41367 |