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This study aimed to gain insight into the migration experiences of children who cross international borders unaccompanied. The research took place in three main sites, namely, Johannesburg, the border with Zimbabwe (predominantly in Musina) and the border with Mozambique (predominantly in Malelane and Komatipoort).
The research aimed to provide information on: a) the routes of migration; b) who children migrated with; c) the reasons for migration; d) how these children obtained basic necessities such as food, money, shelter, health care and safety, and e) and their experiences of arrest,…
This research was undertaken for Save the Children UK South Africa Programme by the Forced Migration Studies Programme at the University of the Witwatersrand in early 2007. The study aimed to gain insight into the migration experiences of children who cross international borders unaccompanied. The research took place in three main sites, namely, Johannesburg, the border with Zimbabwe (predominantly in Musina) and the border with Mozambique (predominantly in Malelane and Komatipoort).
This report begins to address a significant dearth of information about children who cross…