Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

"As aid efforts ramp up in Sudan, local groups must take centre stage," The New Humanitarian, 15 May 2023 [text]

Comoros-Mayotte saga a microcosm of Africa-Europe migration crisis (ISS Today, May 2023) [text]

Functional borders could be lifesaving for Sudan’s refugees (ISS Today, May 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Sudan.

Mixed migration consequences of Sudan’s conflict (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2023) [text]

Most east African refugees are hosted close to borders – it’s a deliberate war strategy (The Conversation, May 2023) [text]

Overview of the Migration Atlas of Africa (SIHMA Blog, May 2023) [text]

Sudan refugee crisis: aid agencies face huge challenges as hundreds of thousands flee violence (The Conversation, May 2023) [text]

UNHCR welcomes Chad’s asylum law and its implementing decree (UNHCR, May 2023) [text]

Reports:

Aligning European migration policies with African priorities: Policy advice on African migration for Nordic decision makers (Nordic Africa Institute, May 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Can Redistribution Change Policy Views? Aid and Attitudes toward Refugees in Uganda (Center for Global Development, May 2023) [text]

- See also related blog post.

A deconstructive approach to refugee self-reliance: the case of the Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement, RSC Working Paper, no. 139 (Refugee Studies Centre, April 2023) [text]

- See also related opinion piece.

Southbound: Mixed migration routes, experiences and risks along the journey to South Africa (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2023) [text]

The State of Migration in East and Horn of Africa Report 2022 (EAC, IGAD & IOM, April 2023) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

African Human Mobility Review, vol. 9, no. 1 (Jan.-April 2023) [full-text]

- Mix of articles.

"The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of IDPs in Africa and its Application to Armed Groups and Their Members," Chapter in Direitos Humanos e Vulnerabilidade e Migrações Forçadas (Univ. Federal de Roraima, 2022) [SSRN]

"An analysis of migration and implications for health in government policy of South Africa," International Journal for Equity in Health, 22:82 (May 2023) [open access]

"Imagining an agrarian future in rural Rwanda: Evidence from Congolese refugees at Mahama camp," Journal of Rural Studies, vol. 100 (May 2023) [ResearchGate]

"Migration aspirations and the perceptions of the political, economic and social environment in Africa," International Migration, Early View, 4 May 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (10 May 2023)