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The path to reintegration

The path to reintegration. Facilitating real change. Our Vision. A community that respects and protects all its inhabitants A significantly shared sense of a common identity acknowledging its diversity as a source of richness

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The path to reintegration

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  1. The path to reintegration Facilitating real change Dept of the Premier

  2. Our Vision • A community that respects and protects all its inhabitants • A significantly shared sense of a common identity acknowledging its diversity as a source of richness • Identifiable and strong leadership and community structures that include everyone • Safety secured • A workable ‘reintegration plan’ aimed at healing rifts and ensuring sustainable coexistence Dept of the Premier

  3. Today’s Situation • Around 4,670 displaced foreign nationals • Housed in a variety of establishments – private, municipal and provincial • Many actors: provincial & local govt, FBOs, NGOs, CBOs, Chapter 9 Institutions • ¾ of the displaced people have already reintegrated • Some strong disincentives to remaining IDPs to reintegrate Dept of the Premier

  4. Some Challenges • Some local communities resisting return (or the acceptance of other IDPs) • Identity issues & challenge to ‘integration’ • Security situation in some communities – including levels of criminality & impunity • Fear among IDPs, secondary trauma suffered • Opportunism – local and foreign • Vulnerable groups • Need for proper co-operation & co-ordination on the ground • Fatigue & relative calm (negative peace) Dept of the Premier

  5. How Did We Get Here? • 23 May: 20,000 foreign nationals displaced • Backdrop of Gauteng and KZN • Largely economic (targeted at business competitors, poverty) • Targeted at foreigners (and some other ‘Others’) • Self-displacement due to fear & other factors Dept of the Premier

  6. Facilitators • 15 deployed on 23 May • Up to 70 people in the field • Capacity came from practitioners from the former NPA (Nat Peace Accord), CCR, UMAC, IMSSA, IJR etc Dept of the Premier

  7. Role of the facilitation teams • Provide a bridge between Relief efforts & Stabilisation efforts • Provide a bridge between IDPs and local communities & other actors Process Development Rights Dept of the Premier

  8. Consolidation Crisis Cmty The Path Dept of the Premier

  9. Shifting Sands • Crisis  Peace-making  Peace-building • Relief  Reconstruction  Development • Stabilisation  Security  Protection Dept of the Premier

  10. Reintegration Plan Dept of the Premier

  11. Consolidation • 90 sites  47 (now) • From self-displacement  self-relocation • Assistance with repatriation • Fatigue • Rationalisation of private sites • Consolidation of municipal & provincial sites • Provision of services & resource allocation Dept of the Premier

  12. Encouraging Local Integration • International Best Practice • No history of refugee camps in South Africa • Challenging i.r.o of our own socio-economic problems • Foreign nationals are a significant part of the informal economy • Managing diversity is always a challenge Dept of the Premier

  13. Some guiding principles • Relocate IDPs as close as is possible to the local community from which they came. • Reintegration is a voluntary process • Provide adequate and appropriate psychosocial & other support to minimize trauma of relocation • Facilitate assistance with rebuilding lives • Continuous engagement and open communication with all affected communities. • Exercise special care in respect of vulnerable groups: women, minor children, infirm and disabled • Adherence to agreed-upon minimum standards • Promote and protect the right to privacy, protection, dignity, safety and equality. Dept of the Premier

  14. Relocation Centres • Provide, or facilitate provision of, assistance to rebuild lives • Adherence to agreed-upon minimum standards • Promote and protect the right to privacy, protection, dignity, safety and equality. • Deal with displaced persons as individuals, each with their own set of circumstances and needs. • Facilitate the process in such a way as to enhance the dignity of all those directly affected by the process Dept of the Premier

  15. Building Community • Develop & implement of comprehensive economic strategy for affected communities • Develop & implement of comprehensive social upliftment programme for affected communities • Develop & implement a comprehensive security strategy for affected local communities Dept of the Premier

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