Challenging Policies and Contextualizing Rights
Civil Society Litigation and Refugee and Asylum Seeker Governance in South African Cities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5711443 |
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| Authors | James G Johnson (0000-0003-2452-5285, University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 545-558 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1556-2948 • E-ISSN: 1556-2956 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15562948.2022.2061097 |
| OpenAlex | W4224051193 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 34 |
There has been increasing attention to legal and political contention concerning refugees and asylum seekers in cities. However, there are further opportunities to analyze the relationship between civil society litigation and state institutions in Global South cities. In this paper, I analyze civil society litigation to re-open Refugee Reception Offices (RROs) in South Africa. Primarily based on legal research, I argue that civil society litigation to re-open RROs in specific cities represents an advocacy strategy to contextualize national rights and policies within urban spaces. The paper contributes to broader discussions on civil society advocacy and rights and governance in cities
Asylum seeker · Business · Civil rights · Civil society · Corporate governance · Criminology · Human rights · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Human Rights and Development · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Public Administration · South African History and Culture
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Polyglot Bureaucracies
The Constitution of South Africa
Municipal Responses to ‘Illegality’
Precarity in Exile
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Somali Community Organizations in London and Toronto
Deciding Refugee Settlement in Norwegian Cities
Asylum in Austere Times
Learning How to Squat
Marginalization in Urban Spaces of the Global South
Migrant Civil Society
Forced migration and the city
Immigration Policing Through the Backdoor
Urban Refugees
Symbolic Politics and Policy Feedback
From Refugees to Immigrants
A multilevel puzzle
Challenges to Public Interest Litigation in South Africa
Winning Isn’t Everything
Public interest litigation for refugees in South Africa and the potential for structural change
Humanitarian and Social Mobilization in Cape Town
Paradoxes of Migration Policy Rescaling-Local Migration Policies in Tel Aviv in Times of Restrictionism
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NGOs and Health Services for Irregular Immigrants in Italy
Constructions of migrant rights in Canada
Struggle for citizenship
Immigrant Bureaucratic Incorporation
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