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[…]
Region: West Africa
„Niger ist der Polizist Europas“
Ibrahim Manzo Diallo spricht im Interview über Aufstände im sogenannten Hafen des Friedens – und erzählt, wie seine Regierung den Menschen am Drehkreuz der Migration Angst macht.
The new European border between Niger and Libya
March 2017 was coming to a close when Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti gathered a number of local leaders from Fezzan, in the southwestern region of Libya, to negotiate a peace agreement in Rome. His goal was to end hostilities between the Toubou, Tuareg, and[…]
Tschad: Die unerwartete Migrationsdebatte
Viele Tschader wundern sich: Seitdem Frankreichs Präsident Macron die Einrichtung von Asylzentren im Tschad plant, steht das Land im Mittelpunkt einer Migrationsdebatte. Dabei ist das im Land gar kein Thema.
Vulneraciones de Derechos en la Frontera Sur: Gran Canaria y Melilla
This report is based on fieldwork carried out during one week on the island of Gran Canaria and 4 days in Melilla. A team of 5 people, composed of 3 members of Irídia and two external researchers, carried out fieldwork in Gran Canaria between the[…]
The impact of EU migration policy on West African integration
This study analyses some aspects of the impact of European Union migration policies on ECOWAS, the West African regional economic integration project, and on the migration policies of three countries in the region, Nigeria, Mali, and Niger. The study focuses in particular on the divergent[…]