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Mental Health Challenges and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among East African Migrants in Durban

Durban East African Migrants: Mental Health and Support Access Introduction: A Crisis Hidden in Everyday Life Every morning, the Durban Inner City Clinic sees long queues of migrant workers seeking help. Many come from Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and South Sudan. Most wait quietly, but behind the calm lie stories of trauma, displacement, economic stress, and […]

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Are SADC countries developing coordinated responses to climate migration, or is each nation navigating the crisis alone?

Coordinated or Fragmented? Climate‑Migration Governance in the SADC Region Opening: Climate migration in focus In March 2024, heavy flooding in Mozambique’s Zambezia Province displaced more than 120 000 people. Many migrants came from Malawi and Zimbabwe after prolonged droughts destroyed livelihoods. Urban informal settlements quickly became overcrowded. Southern Africa faces rising heat, stronger storms, floods, and droughts,

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