International migration in South Africa, particularly as it relates to the labour market, is a highly contentious topic. We, the undersigned migration scholars, want to share relevant information about this important topic. Our work shows that international migrants make up only a small percentage of the South African population, and that the overall effect of international immigration on the labour market is not detrimental.
As the undersigned, we are committed to developing effective policies and interventions that will provide South Africans with the economic and physical security they deserve. We also do not wish to dismiss the daily economic and social hardships they face. To do this, we need to ensure our interventions are founded on the best available facts. We aim to provide the most relevant and reliable evidence around migration and labour migration in particular.
More recently, Stats SA estimates that there were about 3.95 million foreign-born people living in the country at the mid-point of 2021. This is a relatively small percentage of the overall national population, which stood at around 60 million. A report published in 2019 by Stats SA showed that international migrants are more likely to be employed than internal migrants and non-movers.
One of the main talking points around international migration relates to the participation of foreigners in the labour market. Whether looking at the population and housing Census of 2011 or the labour migration modules in the Quarterly Labour Force Survey of 2012 and 2017, foreign participation in the various sectors of the labour market is constant at a maximum of 10–12% per sector.
To understand changes in their population composition, structure, and location, migration data is vital. Better understanding of migration flows would assist local government officials recognise the contribution of internal and international migration to population change.
Media n our journalists r making money by creating XENOPHOBIC
Why when Russia attacked Ukraine is not called XENOPHOBIC
2022… where is BLM in all this
Futsek
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We owe them money.Eyewitness news must know that we South Africans will protect our country with our lives like we lay down our lives fighting apartheid.
Those idiots scholars are trying to justify unjustifiable.They must go back and solve their countries problems.They have collapse their countries economy and they want to lecture us about economy. Sies.If they're scholars why don't they use their education in their countries
They selling drugs.prostituting our children.They do cash in transit.Hijack cars.They run drugs cartel.Eyewitness news see Poe's maan.
We don't give a shit about Eyewitness news lies about the real issues we facing as South Africans.Stats SA doesn't a shit about our suffering due to this illegal foreigners.Theres is millions of them in the country. We live with them and we are directly affected by crime.
there is no Xenophobia in South Africa its an SA media narrative UK natives complained of migrants, no one called them Xenophobic,Self hate and Europhobic
Voetsek
Scholars zoku nuka ! Haven't they seen the rise of illegals committing gruesome crimes and massive infrastructure sabotage....Isn't that Terrorism and treasonous
That nonsense, whenever the Foreigners are caught on the wrong side of the law, they will hide behind the word Xenophobia that's bullshit.
The same people migrate and badmouth SA as the crime capital but when they are told about the root causes they look the other way.These so called scholars must get zero for this research.
We are in 2022 and this whole nonsense report is based on 2011 statistics!
Xenophobia where 🤷. Get your facts right pliz & stop spreading bad news 😫😫😫
Media must stop using that it's no longer working please let people retain to their countries stop that nonsense
Hei batho we are worried about children of the soil in KZN suffering now. Emang tuu.
Any human being, whether by political, religious, or racial beliefs, that destroys the life of any other human being in which ever way, is on the side of prime evil, and is evil, and is not human. Period.
Scholars, you say?
What is it about society and BURNING !!!!: Every protest, political rallies, picketing, every union strike something must be set alight and burned. Always tyres, cars, busses, power stations, government buildings, schools and even people. What is wrong with these members? eNCA
A very biased article. Rubbish!!!!
There no xenophobia Your president must deal with the issue of illegal foreigners He must be tactical, apply his mind because good English wont solve this one
Scholars are now challenged to listen and to rethink that word Xenophobia and revise its meaning.
Scholars have no clue,speak to the people who are most affected by influx of undocumented foreigners.