African migration in focus

This seminar discusses migration in West and North Africa, and the Horn, and implications for policy.

Date: 2017-12-04

Time: 10:00 to 12:00

Venue: WMO Building, 2nd Floor (7bis Avenue de la Paix), Kruzel Hall Geneva, Switzerland

RSVP: Jessica Gerken, Phone: +41 (0)22 730 86 35, Email: [email protected]

African migration is a vast topic with many implications – for migrants themselves, for the countries they leave, and for the countries they travel through and to. As migrant numbers increase, so does the pressure to deal with migration. To do so effectively requires empirical information about each situation. Skipping this step may lead to ill-informed policies with far-reaching negative consequences.

This seminar brings evidence based and contextual perspectives of migration in Africa. Selected results from recent studies on migration from and via North Africa, the Libyan gateway, smuggling in and from the Horn of Africa, migration and violent extremism, and African laws on migration will be discussed. These findings can shape perspectives and inform better policies in Africa, Europe and elsewhere.

Chair: Ottilia Anna Maunganidze, Head, Special Projects, ISS Pretoria

Speakers:

Aimee-Noel Mbiyozo, Senior Researcher, Migration Programme, ISS

Tsion Tadesse Abebe, Senior Researcher, Migration Programme, ISS

Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director, Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime

Matt Herbert, Research Fellow, Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime