Intra-Africa Migrations - Reimaging Borders and Migration Management

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Border Regions Series
Release date:	May 2023
First published:	2021
Editors:	Inocent Moyo • Jussi P. Laine • Christopher Changwe Nshimbi
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-55047-9
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-367-55047-4
Barcode:	9780367550479

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