The management of international migration at South Africa's ports of entry : an analysis of the trade-immigration policy nexus

Abstract

Globalisation processes have induced a kind of thinking that challenges nation-states to cooperate to address common cross-border challenges such as the governance of international migration. The thesis agues that trade and immigration policies constitute cardinal instruments for regulating the movements of people, goods and services across nation-state borders. The thesis demystifies the dichotomy between the trade and immigration policies in relation to the governance of international migration in South Africa. The thesis examines the nexus between trade and immigration policies post-1994. The analysis is carried through the mixed methods approach which has been used to gather data from the Department of Home Affairs and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition.