%0 Journal Article %T Migrants in a ¡®State of Exception¡¯ %A Steven L. Gordon %J Transcience : a Journal of Global Studies %D 2010 %I Global Studies Programme %X Migrants in South Africa often face a xenophobic atmosphere and adverse treatment by the state, especially black Africans. The empirical study of the migration regime in South Africa is informed by Agamben's theory and gives a concise overview of the issue. %K South Africa %K migrants %K apartheid %K xenophobia %U http://www2.hu-berlin.de/transcience/Vol1_Issue1_2010_3_21_gordon.pdf