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Worlds Apart? Perspectives on Africa–EU Migration
This book explores the crucial political and diplomatic issue of migration, which over the past decade, has become a central theme in relations between Africa and Europe. It discusses the diverse perspectives of African and European actors on migration and presents a more just and sustainable migration governance agenda, against the backdrop of the more detailed reflections on the key policy priorities, drivers, regional dynamics, and actors influencing African–EU migration. By providing an insight into the complexities and challenges of Africa–Europe relations with regard to migration governance, this book aims to generate an understanding about the disparities within this policy field to work towards more common ground and long-term policy solutions.
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Acronyms and abbreviations
About the contributors
PART I: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Africa–EU migration: Worlds apart?
Jesper Bjarnesen
PART II: THE BIGGER PICTURE
Chapter 2: Africa’s ‘Boat People’ encounter ‘Fortress Europe’: Conflict and Migration in Africa–EU relations
Adekeye Adebajo
Chapter 3: Governance challenges for migration in Africa: The missing link
Khabele Matlosa
Chapter 4: Beyond the Eurocentric gaze: Refugee and migration governance in Africa
Franzisca Zanker
Chapter 5: Remittances and development of Africa
Adeoye O. Akinola
PART III: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 6: Migration: The Maghreb and the European Union
Ibtihel Bouchoucha
Chapter 7: Migration in the Horn of Africa and the European Union
Linda Adhiambo Oucho
Chapter 8: Legal pathways to migration: Labour migration arrangements between West Africa and Europe
Amanda Bisong
Chapter 9: Migration: Southern Africa and the European Union (EU)
Pragna Rugunanan, Terri Maggott and Celine Meyers
Chapter 10: Migration: The African Great Lakes and the European Union
Alfred Ombeni Musimwa and Sylvie Sarolea
PART IV: CONTINENTAL PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 11: African Union–European Union relations in the light of migration management
Ahmed Bugre
Chapter 12: Bridging the Mediterranean: Coherent European and African long-term migration policy
Jan Bade
PART V: PERSPECTIVES ON ROOT CAUSES
Chapter 13: The root causes of African migration to Europe: An African Perspective
Jack Mangala
Chapter 14: The root causes of African migration to Europe: A European perspective
Jesper Bjarnesen
PART VI: CIVIL SOCIETY PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 15: The role of African civil society in implementing the United Nations Global Compact on Migration
Willie Eselebor
Chapter 16: The role of European civil society in implementing the United Nations Global Compact on Migration
Anna Knoll
VII: UN PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 17: The role of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Africa–EU Migration
Nompumelelo Ndawonde
Chapter 18: Towards lasting solutions to the Africa–European Union migration challenge
Ahunna Eziakonwa
Chapter 19: The role of the International Organization for Migration in African–European Union migration
Leonie Felicitas Jegen
VIII: FUTURE OF AFRICA–EU MIGRATION GOVERNANCE
Chapter 20: Renegotiating Africa–EU migration governance
Adeoye O. Akinola
Index
Biography
Adeoye O. Akinola is Head of Research and Teaching at the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC), University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He obtained a PhD in Political Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. He was lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria and acted as Visiting Professor at the United Nations University for Peace (UPEACE) Africa Programme in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Jesper Bjarnesen has been Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) in Uppsala, Sweden, since September 2013, and Associate Professor at the University of Uppsala. He holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Uppsala, and a Master’s degree in Anthropology and another in African Regional Studies from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.
