Loren B. Landau is the South African research chair for mobility & the politics of difference at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. For almost two decades he has actively researched and advocated on issues related to migration and displacement in sub-Saharan Africa. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/loren-b-landau/rss en Laws & Policy Wed, 14 Sep 2016 05:00:14 +0000 Loren B Landau https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/09/14/u-n-global-compact-may-prove-regressive-for-africas-migrants https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/09/14/u-n-global-compact-may-prove-regressive-for-africas-migrants In the latest part of our “The Road to UNGA” series, Loren Landau of the Africa Center for Migration and Society warns that a quick-fix strategy focused on Syrian refugees might not bode well for migrants who fall outside the 1951 Refugee Convention.