Abstract
Over the past decade, the extensive mobility of children in West Africa has been systematically mis-specified as child trafficking. This mis-specification is a result of political framing that aims to attract funding to the activities of international agencies and NGOs. Attracting funding towards a group of relocating children that are often in critical need of support is in principle admirable. However, the simplifications resulting from framing a complex phenomenon has in this case prevented actors from taking into account the more multifaceted causes of child mobility in the region, and has thus led to mis-specified and even harmful policies. The article encourages the application ofa more solid knowledge base for future interventions in this area.
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