Legalising the illegal: an assessment of the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) and Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permit (ZSP) regularisation projects

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dc.contributor.advisorAkokpari, Johnen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBimha, Primrose Zvikomborero Joylynen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-14T12:18:46Z
dc.date.available2017-09-14T12:18:46Z
dc.date.issued2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractSince the late 1990s economic insecurity and political uncertainty have continued to worsen in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe's economy plunged into deep crisis in the early 2000s owing to failed fiscal policies and the highly criticised 'Fast-track' land reform program. Election related violence between 2002 and 2013 resulted in a state of insecurity thereby leading to an exodus of Zimbabwean migrants. An unprecedented influx of Zimbabwean migrants to South Africa (SA) led to high levels of illegal migration and the clogging up of the asylum seeker management system in the early 2000s. In 2009, SA launched the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) in order to achieve four main objectives: to reduce pressure on the asylum management system, to curb the deportation of illegal Zimbabwean migrants, to regularise Zimbabweans who were residing in SA illegally and to provide amnesty to Zimbabweans who had obtained South African documents fraudulently. The DZP was considered a success and a successor permit, the Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permit (ZSP), was launched in 2014 to allow former DZP applicants to extend their stay in South Africa. Using government publications, parliamentary debates, non-governmental organization (NGO) and media reports it was found that the DZP reduced pressure on the asylum seeker management system while deportation figures dropped significantly. It was also found that, less than 6% (250 000) of an estimated 1,5 million undocumented migrants were documented during the regularisation processes. The DZP and ZSP projects complemented South Africa's highly restrictive approach to migration management and jealous safeguarding of access to permanent residence and citizenship. The regularisation projects also enabled the South African government to show sympathy towards Zimbabweans who were forced to migrate to South Africa by recognising that they could not return home as long as the situation back home remained unchanged.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBimha, P. Z. J. (2017). <i>Legalising the illegal: an assessment of the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) and Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permit (ZSP) regularisation projects</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25184en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBimha, Primrose Zvikomborero Joylyn. <i>"Legalising the illegal: an assessment of the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) and Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permit (ZSP) regularisation projects."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25184en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBimha, P. 2017. Legalising the illegal: an assessment of the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) and Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permit (ZSP) regularisation projects. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Bimha, Primrose Zvikomborero Joylyn AB - Since the late 1990s economic insecurity and political uncertainty have continued to worsen in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe's economy plunged into deep crisis in the early 2000s owing to failed fiscal policies and the highly criticised 'Fast-track' land reform program. Election related violence between 2002 and 2013 resulted in a state of insecurity thereby leading to an exodus of Zimbabwean migrants. An unprecedented influx of Zimbabwean migrants to South Africa (SA) led to high levels of illegal migration and the clogging up of the asylum seeker management system in the early 2000s. In 2009, SA launched the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) in order to achieve four main objectives: to reduce pressure on the asylum management system, to curb the deportation of illegal Zimbabwean migrants, to regularise Zimbabweans who were residing in SA illegally and to provide amnesty to Zimbabweans who had obtained South African documents fraudulently. The DZP was considered a success and a successor permit, the Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permit (ZSP), was launched in 2014 to allow former DZP applicants to extend their stay in South Africa. Using government publications, parliamentary debates, non-governmental organization (NGO) and media reports it was found that the DZP reduced pressure on the asylum seeker management system while deportation figures dropped significantly. It was also found that, less than 6% (250 000) of an estimated 1,5 million undocumented migrants were documented during the regularisation processes. The DZP and ZSP projects complemented South Africa's highly restrictive approach to migration management and jealous safeguarding of access to permanent residence and citizenship. The regularisation projects also enabled the South African government to show sympathy towards Zimbabweans who were forced to migrate to South Africa by recognising that they could not return home as long as the situation back home remained unchanged. DA - 2017 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - Legalising the illegal: an assessment of the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) and Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permit (ZSP) regularisation projects TI - Legalising the illegal: an assessment of the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) and Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permit (ZSP) regularisation projects UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25184 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/25184
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBimha PZJ. Legalising the illegal: an assessment of the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) and Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permit (ZSP) regularisation projects. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2017 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25184en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherInternational Relationsen_ZA
dc.titleLegalising the illegal: an assessment of the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) and Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permit (ZSP) regularisation projectsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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