Dr Sergio Carciotto

Institute for Social Development

Contact details: scarciotto@uwc.ac.za

Sergio Carciotto teaches Migration and Development at the Institute for Social Development, University of the Western Cape. He received his PhD in Development Studies from the University of the Western Cape. He also has two MA degrees in Migration Studies and Development Studies, from the University of Rome, “La Sapienza”, and the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, respectively

Dr Carciotto is one of the founders and managing editor of the African Human Mobility Review. He has published in national and international migration journals and his research interests include migration policies and governance, migrant networks and livelihoods and the link between migration and citizenship. He previously worked as a protection associate for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and for non-governmental organizations providing humanitarian assistance to refugees and migrants.

Relevant publications

• Carciotto, S. (2023). Durable Solution for Refugees in South Africa. In: F. Khan, and T. Schreier, (Eds.). Refugee Law in South Africa. Juta and Company Ltd.
• Dinbabo, M. F., Zembe, Y., Carciotto, S., Chiwarawara, K., Belebema, M., & Ahmed, M. (2021). Refugee and asylum seeking representative structures in South Africa: The case study of Somali, Congolese and Ethiopian community. Journal of Refugee Studies, 34, (4), 3771–3792.
• Carciotto, S. (2021). Making Asylum seekers more vulnerable in South Africa: the negative effects of hostile asylum policies on livelihoods. International Migration, 59(5), pp.3-18.
• Carciotto, S. (2021). The Restrictiveness of Migration Policies in South Africa. African Journal of Governance and Development, 10(1), 118-163.
• Carciotto, S. & Ferraro, F. (2020). Building blocks and challenges for the implementation of the global compact on refugees in Africa. Journal on Migration and Human Security, 8(1), 83-95.
• Carciotto, S. (2018). International Migration and Development in South Africa. In F. Khan, and T. Schreier, (Eds.). Immigration Law in South Africa. Juta and Company Ltd.
• Carciotto, S. (2018). The regularization of Zimbabwean migrants: A case of permanent temporariness. African Human Mobility Review, 4(1), 1011-1116.
• Johnson, C. & Carciotto, S. (2017). ‘No Refuge’: The state of Asylum System in South Africa. In M. O’Sullivan, and D. Stevens, D. (Eds.), States, the law and access to refugee protection: fortresses and fairness (Vol. 65). Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Carciotto, S. (2016). Angolan refugees in South Africa: alternatives to permanent repatriation? African Human Mobility Review, 2(1), 362-382.
• Johnson, C., d’Orsi, C. and Carciotto, S. (2015). Into Africa: Boat-people in Sub-Saharan Africa. In V. Moreno-Lax and E.Papastavridis (Eds.), ‘Boat Refugees’ and Migrants at Sea: A Comprehensive Approach Integrating Maritime Security with Human Rights (pp. 353-377). Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff.
• Dinbabo, M. F. & Carciotto, S. (2015). International migration in sub-Saharan Africa: A call for a global research agenda. African Human Mobility Review, 1(2), 153-176.