Browsing by Author "Mohamud, Bahja Ali"

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    Examining the challenges of raising a family as a refugee parent in South Africa: A case study of Somali refugees in Cape Town
    (University of Western Cape, 2020) Mohamud, Bahja Ali; Dinbabo, Mulugeta F
    This research foregrounds the experiences of raising a family as a refugee parent in Cape Town, using a case study of Somali refugee parents. Global reports have shown that international migrants make up 3.5% of the world’s population, an estimated 272 million people. In Sub-Saharan Africa, 88.9% of international migrants have been displaced and reside within the Sub-Saharan African countries. Somali migrants arrived in South Africa due to a civil war that ravaged Somalia for over 20 years. Several studies investigated the migrants’ experiences in the host country