Disability and Migration Intersectionality
Introduction As the number of migrants grows, there are certain groups with specific vulnerabilities that are proportionally increasing in number. Migrants are not a homogenous group, as each individual and family have their own backgrounds, unique struggles, and goals and dreams. In the last decade, proportions of migrants and refugees with disabilities have increased (IOM, 2016). Migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers with disabilities face unique challenges in their countries of origins, space of transition/migration journeys,...
Climate Change And Migration In Africa
Whereas migration is inherently defined by borders, climate change, and its impact materialize without respect for borders. Climate change is defined by the intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity. However, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) intricately links climate change to human activity. The UNFCCC defines climate change as the change of climate that is attributed directly...
Understanding Human Mobility in Africa / The Regional Economic Communities of African Union: EAC
Regional Economic Communities (RECs) The Regional Economic Communities (RECs) are regional groupings of African states. The RECs have developed individually and have differing roles and structures. Generally, the purpose of the RECs is to facilitate regional economic integration between members of the individual regions and through the wider African Economic Community (AEC), which was established under the Abuja Treaty (1991). The 1980 Lagos Plan of Action for the Development of Africa and the Abuja Treaty proposed...
Understanding Human Mobility in Africa / The Regional Economic Communities of African Union: SADC
Regional Economic Communities (RECs) The Regional Economic Communities (RECs) are regional groupings of African states. The RECs have developed individually and have differing roles and structures. Generally, the purpose of the RECs is to facilitate regional economic integration between members of the individual regions and through the wider African Economic Community (AEC), which was established under the Abuja Treaty (1991). The 1980 Lagos Plan of Action for the Development of Africa and the Abuja Treaty proposed...
Understanding Human Mobility in Africa / The Regional Economic Communities of African Union: ECOWAS
Regional Economic Communities (RECs) The Regional Economic Communities (RECs) are regional groupings of African states. The RECs have developed individually and have differing roles and structures. Generally, the purpose of the RECs is to facilitate regional economic integration between members of the individual regions and through the wider African Economic Community (AEC), which was established under the Abuja Treaty (1991). The 1980 Lagos Plan of Action for the Development of Africa and the Abuja Treaty proposed...
