The seminars held at the University of Cape Town, courtesy of Prof Jubber, dealt with International Migration (Battistella), the Legal Rights of Refugees (Advocate Schreir), and the characteristics of the Cape Town Refugees Communities, the latter was presented by Rodolf Legoko (Gabon) and Barbara Ngodwana (Zimbabwe), who are refugees themselves. Battistella’s seminar presentation was also held at The University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

A social evening with a talk on Food & Identity within immigrants communities, by Dr Simona Gallo-Mosala, of the Scalabrini Centre, followed by a rich buffet donated by three local Italian restaurants, and the screening of films attracted a wider audience, thus bridging the academic/non-academic divide.

The series of events was well attended and provoked an interesting debate. At same time Migration Week was a successful opportunity for the Scalabrini Centre to establish a network to permanently study and divulge issues pertaining to migration.