Migration
Research and materials addressing key issues on migration from an African perspective.
Migrations are part of human history and have shaped most nations.
While migration has risen to the top of many countries’ political and media agendas, the difficulty to classify migrants and the paucity of migration data remain key issues.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), migration is the movement of a person or a group of persons, either across an international border or within a state. It varies in length, composition, motivations and legal situation. It includes refugees, displaced persons, economic migrants and persons moving for other purposes, including family reunification.
A migrant is any person who is moving or has moved across an international border or within a state away from their habitual place of residence, regardless of (a) legal status; (b) whether the movement is voluntary or involuntary; (c) the causes of movement; (d) the length of the stay.
