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Us and Them mentality: Labelling people as ‘foreigners’ breeds xenophobia

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Op-Ed: Myths and misinformation obstruct path to a better migration environment

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The first informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearing of the preparatory process for the international conference to adopt a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration – SAMP director Prof Jonathan Crush at the U.N. General Assembly, 26 July 2017. At the 1:50 mark and at the 2:50 mark.

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Godfrey Tawodzera, SAMP senior researcher, talks to John Maytham on Cape Talk in 2016 about migrant myths: https://soundcloud.com/primediabroadcasting/migrants

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The Conversation article by Caroline Skinner, 21 December 2015.
How migrant entrepreneurs are a force for good in South Africa

Weekend Argus, 13 January 2016, Industrious migrants are an opportunity for SA, book review of Mean Streets

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Jonathan Crush on eNCA during the 2015 Growing Informal Cities conference in Cape Town

SAMP researcher Sally Peberdy in eNCA live debate, 3 February 2015

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Sunday Times Op-ed by Caroline Skinner and Jonathan Crush, 1 March 2015

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Sally Peberdy on the Redi Tlhabi show, Radio 702, Why our economy needs foreign owned businesses, and how we benefit from them 29 January 2015

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Caroline Skinner and Godfrey Tawodzera on SAFM’s Talkshop, 9 February 2015

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Jonathan Crush on eNCA during the 2014 Urban Informality and Migrant Entrepreneurship in Southern African Cities conference in Cape Town

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Weekend Argus Op-ed by Jonathan Crush, 7 December 2014. State facilitating xenophobia by attributing violence to “criminality”

Weekend Argus Op-ed by Jonathan Crush, 9 February 2014. Despite state denial, xenophobia is highly destructive force  https://samponline.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/xenooped.jpg

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Business Day Op-Ed by Jonathan Crush, 15 April 2013. Proposed law…
Weekend Argus Op-ed by Jonathan Crush, 1 June 2013. Xenophobia still deeply entrenched

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Cape Times Op-ed by Jonathan Crush, 24 June 2013. Most who leave SA are economically lost to the country

Pretoria News Op-ed by Jonathan Crush, 3 June 2013. Shocking anti-migrant sentiment exposed

iPolitics, 31 May 2013. Engagement among diasporas in Canada: the South Africa exception

Blog by Jonathan Crush and Sujata Ramachandran, 5 April 2013. Deflating “Diaspora”

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Jonathan Crush interviewed on CNBC Africa during the Cape Town SAMP/AFSUN conference on migration, urbanization and food security, November 2012.
Inside the Issues – International Migration and Development, 22 February 2012. Jonathan Crush talking to David A. Welch.

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Business Day Op-ed by Jonathan Crush, 20 July 2012. Migration must be on food security agenda

Business Day Op-ed by Jonathan Crush, 25 May 2012. No use ignoring diaspora in Africa itself

New Age Op-ed by Jonathan Crush, 10 October 2012. Can we keep our doctors and get back those who left?

New Age Op-ed by Jonathan Crush, 26 January 2012. South Africa a top destination for medical tourists

Blog by Margaret Walton-Roberts, 7 December 2012. The legacies of good governance: Southern African migration and stories of educational success and failure

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Blog by Sujata Ramachandran, October 2012. Critical Mass

Blog by Jonathan Crush, 4 October 2012. The Ambivalent Diaspora, What South African Canadians Think

New Age Op-ed by Jonathan Crush, 2 April 2012. Imbizo My Debate: Children’s right to education has no borders

New Age Op-ed by Jonathan Crush, 19 March 2012. Zimbabweans see a future in South Africa

Profile. South Africa: Policy in the Face of Xenophobia by Jonathan Crush, 28 July 2008, Migration Policy Institute

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Magazine article by Jonathan Crush, September 2006, International Migrants and the City

Cape Times book review, 8 May 1998, on Beyond Control: Immigration and Human Rights in a Democratic South Africa

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