Migration Crises in 21st Century Afric:a Patterns, Processes and Projections

Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Author
List of Figures
1: Introduction: Reflecting on the Practice of Migration in Africa
	Extant Culture of Migration in Africa: Juxtaposing Pre-Modern Practice with Contemporary Pattern
	Theoretical and Conceptual Discourse on Migration Processes in Africa
	Theoretical Synthesis
	Research Design and Sources of Data
	Socio-Historical Undertones of African Transnationalism
	Migration Network and Patterns in African Context
	Role of Identity in African Migration
	Why Budding Preference for Transnational Migration in a Globalizing African Society?
	References
2: Failed Governance: The Foundation of a Culture of Irregular Migration in Twenty-First-Century Africa
	Manifestations of Failed/Failing Governance Structure in Africa
	Corruption: An Outcome of Failed Governance and a Stimulator of Irregular Migrations in Africa
	Conflicts and Rising Cases of Human Displacement in Africa
	Humanitarian Crisis as a Factor of Irregular Migration in Africa
	Social Injustice and Economic Deprivation as Factors of Irregular Migrations in Africa
	Poor Development Initiatives as Precursors of Irregular Migrations in Africa
	Regional Free Movement Protocol and Failing/Failed National Governance in Africa
	References
3: African Demographic Dividend, Migration—Development Nexus and Global Economic Reality
	The Nature of Migration Crises in a Globalizing African Society
	Youth Unemployment and Challenge of Irregular Migration in Africa
	Unstructured Transnational Migration as Inevitable Alternative to Economic Deprivation Among African Youth
	Regional Integration in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
	‘Open Border’ Policy as Remedy for Unstructured Transnational Mobility of African Youth
	Migration—Development Nexus: Transnationalism as a Win-Win Scenario
	Why the Move?
	Making Mobility Work for All
	References
4: Contextualizing the Humanistic Interventions of State and Non-State Actors in the Migration Crises
	The Need for Humanistic Interventions in the Migration Crises
	Evaluating the Problems and Prospects of Both State and Non-state Interventions at the Points of Initial Departure, Transit and Return
	Repatriation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Returnee-African Migrants
	EU-Backed Asylum Processing Centers in Africa: A Futile Effort?
	Media in African Migration Crises
	References
5: The Improbable and the Sustainable Remedies
	Devising the Workable Interventions
	Endogenous or Exogenous Intervention
	Economic Diversification: Is It a Remedy?
	‘N-Power’ Social Interventionist Program in Nigeria: Re-appraising the Costs, Outcomes and Sustainability
	What Is Then the Sustainable Alternative?
	‘Borderless Africa’ Initiative as a Significant Policy Remedy
	Regional Agricultural Innovation and Inclusion as Promising Practical Remedy
	References
6: The Future of Migration in (and Beyond) Africa
	Climate Change and Future Migration Patterns in Africa
	Exploring Previous Migration Disposition to Predict Future of Migratory Dynamics in Africa
	Population Structure as Projective Determinant of Transnational Migration in Africa
	Projected Overall Impact of Climate Change in the Maghreb
	Is Envisaged Migration Explosion a Reality?
	References
7: Concluding Comments
	African Migration: Regional or Transnational?
	Problems and Prospects of African/Global Migration Management in the Twenty-First Century
	Making Migration Work for Global Development
	Bibliography
		References