Abstract
Over the past two decades, migration in Africa has been rising continuously in all subregions. ‎The range of migration flows include a rise in migrant workers, female migrants, an increase in ‎irregular migration as well as a large number of refugees and internally displaced persons. It is ‎no secret that ‎current scholarship, especially the literature that concerned international ‎organizations have adopted, ‎has been unable to explicate the various dimensions of the ‎phenomenon of migration and ‎displacement in the context of Africa. Effective study of ‎migration in Africa may ‎require the "Africanization" of all related concepts to serve as a tool ‎for analysis in accordance ‎with a cultural pan-African perspective. This study seeks to explore ‎the current ‎transformations to the phenomenon of international migration in Africa, the ‎most ‎important factors driving it, and what policies and future challenges it faces. The paper ‎uses a qualitative ‎ research design involving a literature review. ‎ Key words: Migration, refugees, displaced persons, feminization of migration, environmental refugees.
Highlights
INTRODUCTION In recent years, debates and public policies on migration and forced displacement have largely focused on the Mediterranean region and Europe (Beauchemin, 2015)
Biased paradigms and narratives have resulted in a general disregard for migration and displacement issues in Africa, despite the fact that sub-Saharan Africa hosts the largest number of refugees, about 26% or more of the total refugee population in the world1
Review of the literature on migration and refugees underscores the urgent need to identify and analyze the regional, national, and internal conflicts that drive the forced migration of the continent's citizens, and the impact such events have on the life experiences of those Africans who have had to flee their homes (Ricca, 1990; Agadjanian, 2008)
Summary
The range of migration flows include a rise in migrant workers, female migrants, an increase in irregular migration as well as a large number of refugees and internally displaced persons It is no secret that current scholarship, especially the literature that concerned international organizations have adopted, has been unable to explicate the various dimensions of the phenomenon of migration and displacement in the context of Africa. Even international law‟s way of defining a refugee fails to capture the various dimensions of the phenomenon in its African reality This may require the "Africanization" of these concepts so as to serve as a tool for analysis in accordance with an inclusive African civilizational perspective. This paper considers that the qualitative approach has particular importance for forced migration studies, taking into account its ability to produce a rich and in-depth analysis It allows exploration of the complex and multi-faceted dimensions of migration dynamics.
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