Making migrants 'il-legible': The policies and practices of documentation in post-apartheid South Africa

In South Africa, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) - the department charged with managing migration - has struggled to control growing migration flows, particularly the increased demand on the asylum system. The DHA has both relied on and sought to undermine documentation attempts as part of its...

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Main Authors: Roni Amit, Norma Kriger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Western Cape, Centre for Humanities Research and the History Department
Series:Kronos
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0259-01902014000100012&lng=en&tlng=en