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'When There is No Migration, the Whole Region Has a Problem': The Political Priorities of Migration Policies in West Africa
العنوان: | 'When There is No Migration, the Whole Region Has a Problem': The Political Priorities of Migration Policies in West Africa |
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المؤلفون: | Franzisca Zanker |
المصدر: | African Human Mobility Review, Vol 10, Iss 2 (2024) |
بيانات النشر: | University of the Western Cape, 2024. |
سنة النشر: | 2024 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | diaspora relations, ECOWAS, internally displaced people, irregular migration, migration states, Nigeria, Niger, refugees, Senegal, The Gambia, Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration, JV1-9480 |
الوصف: | This paper considers the implications of migration to Europe for West African governments in relation to other forms of politically relevant mobilities. This helps to understand what governments in West Africa prioritize when it comes to migration policy. No doubt, there is an increasing European influence on the migration agenda. However, despite this influence, there are still other West African interests when it comes to migration governance. These are diverse, covering development and humanitarian concerns, and include pro-active diaspora policies, restrictive immigration regimes due to economic protectionism and security concerns, as well as protecting migrants and displaced people. Thus, different countries in the region have varying sets of political priorities, though underlined by a broader unpolitical nature of migration of the everyday. The paper is based on over 130 interviews with policymakers, politicians, civil society activists, and academic experts in Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and the Gambia in 2019. It adds to the literature on the agency of migration states in the Global South. |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 2411-6955 2410-7972 |
Relation: | https://epubs.ac.za/index.php/ahmr/article/view/2012; https://doaj.org/toc/2411-6955; https://doaj.org/toc/2410-7972 |
DOI: | 10.14426/ahmr.v10i2.2012 |
URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/7e50cec1250b4142ba4ac860a55510b1 |
رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.7e50cec1250b4142ba4ac860a55510b1 |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
تدمد: | 24116955 24107972 |
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DOI: | 10.14426/ahmr.v10i2.2012 |