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P50


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Internal Migration in Africa: Livelihoods, Leadership and Human Security 
Convenor:
Joseph K. Assan (Brandeis University)
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Formats:
Papers Synchronous
Stream:
Mobilities: bringing and leaving
Sessions:
Thursday 18 June, -, -
Time zone: Europe/London

Short Abstract:

This multidisciplinary panel explores the impacts of internal migration within and across borders in Africa on the labour/employment-seeking behaviour, human security and well-being of youth in Africa and the associated leadership challenges and implications.

Long Abstract:

This multidisciplinary panel explores the impacts of internal migration within and across borders in Africa on the labour/employment-seeking behaviour, human security and well-being and the associated leadership challenges and implications. Young African migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Southern Europe has attracted global news coverage and political attention. However, several of these youth participate in an extensive internal cross border movement across countries within East, Central and West Africa. There are several others who migrate within and across countries located in regional blocks. Others move within countries and do not cross any international boundaries. The motivation, implications and impacts of this pattern of mobility require new forms of critical examination with regards to the potential implications for the development of departing and cross-boundary destinations, development of future leaders in the nascent African societies and the policies and programmes that will help address the pressure to migrate. There is also the need to examine the nature and extent to which such mobilities offer or fail to offer new pathways to livelihood sustainability and human security. The panel will also explore the role of internal displacement as a result of armed conflicts, climate change, and refugeeism and how this is often ignored within the academic, policy and practice discourse with respect to internal migration and development in Africa. Papers submitted to this panel will be considered as part of a book project on the proposed theme of the panel.

Keywords: Africa, Internal migration, (Un)employment, Livelihood security, Human security, Humanitarian action.

Accepted papers:

Session 1 Thursday 18 June, 2020, -