In New Book, Authors Pioneer “research and practice network” on South-South Migration

In the book, she said, “there are examples of refugees coming from Afghanistan, Syria, and African countries, who are experiencing human rights abuses in Lesbos, Greece.”

The book has also addressed “the role of European social workers in supporting people that come from the global South and encounter a space that is created for these people on the move in third world conditions,” Prof. Kleibl told ACI Africa. 

Citing Hannah Arendt’s phrase, “the rights to have rights”, the German-born scholar who has worked in different African countries for a period of 15 years regretted the fact that people on the move are denied “their social rights, and political rights to participate in the discussions that concern their lives.”

According to Sr. Maria do Carmo dos Santos Gonçalves who contributed to the new book as an editor and author, the book aims to “articulate the question of how the academy, methodologically, can appropriate instruments that favor the recognition of migrant people, of their perspectives, of their narratives, of their stories.”

Sr. Gonçalves told ACI Africa that the book seeks “to boost our knowledge, to be able to understand a little better, to distinguish, what happens inside the world of migrations, which is different from what we get from statistical data.”

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The book gives voice to people on the move as it narrates the experiences and vulnerabilities of migrants and refugees, the Director of Scalabrinian Center for Migratory Studies (CSEM) said during the May 28 interview. 

“The book has chapters with discussions about the theoretical perspectives of migration, and also shares the experiences of the members of the Migration and Social Transformation Network,” she added about the 310-page book that was published by Machdohnil Ltd in cooperation with CSEM.

Sheila Pires is a veteran radio and television Mozambican journalist based in South Africa. She studied communications at the University of South Africa. She is passionate about writing on the works of the Church through Catholic journalism.