In the context of the global refugee crisis, trans-Saharan and trans-Mediterranean (irregular) migration from Africa to Europe has recently received huge public and political attention, particularly within Europe. Calls for reducing and containing irregular migrant flows and addressing the...

Many view development co-operation as a key to reducing irregular migration from sub-Saharan Africa. However, critics note that increased socio-economic development is likely to lead to more, rather than less, migration. Historical and cross-country comparison studies have shown that emigration...

The vision of a united Africa and the rejection of the arbitrary borders created by European colonial powers have for decades been at the heart of pan-African endeavours. Achieving the free movement of persons on the continent was a key aim of the 1991 Abuja Treaty, which established the African...

This paper provides an overview of what is actually known about the relationship between climate change and human mobility in West, East and Southern Africa – the most affected regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. Although there is a general lack of data on “climate migration”, trends can be...

Die globale Migrationsgovernance ist in einer Phase des Umbruchs. Dafür gibt es zwei wesentliche Ursachen: Zum einen besteht eine Zweiteilung zwischen einem internationalen Flüchtlingsregime und einem (Arbeits-) Migrationsregime, die angesichts „gemischter“ Wanderungen problematisch ist....

Die Vision eines vereinten Afrikas und die Ablehnung der durch die europäischen Kolonialmächte willkürlich gezogenen Grenzen bilden seit Jahrzehnten einen festen Bestandteil panafrikanischer Bestrebungen. Bereits im Abuja-Vertrag aus dem Jahr 1991, durch den die Afrikanische...