Intra-Africa Migrations by Moyo, Inocent; Laine, Jussi P.; Changwe Nshimbi, Christopher;

Short description:

This book discusses regional and continental integration in Africa by examining the management of migration across the continent. It examines borders and securitisation of migration and the challenges and opportunities that arise out of reconfigured continental demographics.

Long description:

This book discusses regional and continental integration in Africa by examining the management of migration across the continent. It examines borders and securitisation of migration and the challenges and opportunities that arise out of reconfigured continental demographics.

The book offers insights on intra-Africa migrations and highlights how intra-continental migration creates socio-economic and cultural borders. It explores how these borders, beyond the physical boundaries of states, including the Berlin Conference-constructed borders, create cultural divides, challenges for economic integration and cross-border security, and irregular migration patterns. While the movement of economic goods is valued for regional economic integration, the mobility of people is seen as a threat. This approach to migration contradicts the intentions of true integration and development, and triggers negative responses such as xenophobia that cannot be addressed by simply managing the physical border and allowing free movement. This book engages in a pivotal discussion of these issues, which are hitherto missing in African border studies, by demonstrating the ubiquity and overreaching influence of various kinds of borders on the African continent.

With multidisciplinary contributions that provide an in-depth understanding of intra-Africa migrations and strategies for enhanced migration management, this book will be a useful resource for scholars and students studying geography, politics, security studies, development studies, African studies and sociology.

Table of Contents:

Part 1: Intra-Africa Migrations  1. Intra-Africa Migrations: An Introduction  Part 2: Intra and Inter-Africa Migrations and Implications  2. Greener Grasses on the Other Side: The Border as a Facilitator of Migration Within West Africa  3. Unravelling the Nigerian Irregular Migration Quandary to Southern Europe in the Twenty-First Century  4. Irregular Emigration of Nigeria Youths: An Exploration of Core Drivers from the Perspective and Experiences of Returnee Migrants  5. Human Mobility in the Southern African Development Community Region: Some Best Practices for Migration Management From the European Union  Part 3: African Physical and Symbolic Borders and the Migration Question  6. Precarity of Borders and Migration Regimes in the Southern African Region  7. Stereotyping and Regional Integration in the East African Community: Challenges and Opportunities  8. The Maghreb and Intra-African Migration: One Challenge and Different Strategies  9. Integration, Borders and Migration in West Africa: Lessons from European Schengen Area  Part 4: Migration Governance in Africa: Prospects, Contests and Controversies  10. Migration, Governance, and Geopolitical Conflicts in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of the Moroccan Algerian Migration Policies  11. Regional Integration in Africa and the Welfare of Intra-African Migrants  Part 5: Reimaging Borders and Migration Management in Africa  12. Reimaging Borders and Migration Management in Africa