Migration Crises in 21st Century Africa explores the ever-expanding crises of migrations from various regions of Africa to other parts of the world; notably the pattern that utilizes the pre-existing trans-Saharan trade route via North Africa and the Mediterranean to Europe’s southern fringes. Dr. Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran explores key interrelated factors in astonishing depth, examining the nature of mobility in pre-modern African society; the impact of governance structures, demographics and economics; and the roles of both state and non-state actors. Adeniran additionally interrogates possible interventions and considers what the future of mobility within and beyond the boundaries of Africa might look like in an increasingly mobile world.
Author(s): Adebusuyi Adeniran
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 155
City: Singapore
Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Author
List of Figures
1: Introduction: Reflecting on the Practice of Migration in Africa
Extant Culture of Migration in Africa: Juxtaposing Pre-Modern Practice with Contemporary Pattern
Theoretical and Conceptual Discourse on Migration Processes in Africa
Theoretical Synthesis
Research Design and Sources of Data
Socio-Historical Undertones of African Transnationalism
Migration Network and Patterns in African Context
Role of Identity in African Migration
Why Budding Preference for Transnational Migration in a Globalizing African Society?
References
2: Failed Governance: The Foundation of a Culture of Irregular Migration in Twenty-First-Century Africa
Manifestations of Failed/Failing Governance Structure in Africa
Corruption: An Outcome of Failed Governance and a Stimulator of Irregular Migrations in Africa
Conflicts and Rising Cases of Human Displacement in Africa
Humanitarian Crisis as a Factor of Irregular Migration in Africa
Social Injustice and Economic Deprivation as Factors of Irregular Migrations in Africa
Poor Development Initiatives as Precursors of Irregular Migrations in Africa
Regional Free Movement Protocol and Failing/Failed National Governance in Africa
References
3: African Demographic Dividend, Migration—Development Nexus and Global Economic Reality
The Nature of Migration Crises in a Globalizing African Society
Youth Unemployment and Challenge of Irregular Migration in Africa
Unstructured Transnational Migration as Inevitable Alternative to Economic Deprivation Among African Youth
Regional Integration in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
‘Open Border’ Policy as Remedy for Unstructured Transnational Mobility of African Youth
Migration—Development Nexus: Transnationalism as a Win-Win Scenario
Why the Move?
Making Mobility Work for All
References
4: Contextualizing the Humanistic Interventions of State and Non-State Actors in the Migration Crises
The Need for Humanistic Interventions in the Migration Crises
Evaluating the Problems and Prospects of Both State and Non-state Interventions at the Points of Initial Departure, Transit and Return
Repatriation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Returnee-African Migrants
EU-Backed Asylum Processing Centers in Africa: A Futile Effort?
Media in African Migration Crises
References
5: The Improbable and the Sustainable Remedies
Devising the Workable Interventions
Endogenous or Exogenous Intervention
Economic Diversification: Is It a Remedy?
‘N-Power’ Social Interventionist Program in Nigeria: Re-appraising the Costs, Outcomes and Sustainability
What Is Then the Sustainable Alternative?
‘Borderless Africa’ Initiative as a Significant Policy Remedy
Regional Agricultural Innovation and Inclusion as Promising Practical Remedy
References
6: The Future of Migration in (and Beyond) Africa
Climate Change and Future Migration Patterns in Africa
Exploring Previous Migration Disposition to Predict Future of Migratory Dynamics in Africa
Population Structure as Projective Determinant of Transnational Migration in Africa
Projected Overall Impact of Climate Change in the Maghreb
Is Envisaged Migration Explosion a Reality?
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7: Concluding Comments
African Migration: Regional or Transnational?
Problems and Prospects of African/Global Migration Management in the Twenty-First Century
Making Migration Work for Global Development
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