Mobility instead of exodus: Migration and Flight in and from Africa

ISBN-13: 9783658400835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 106 str.

Thomas Faist; Tobias Gehring; Susanne U. Schultz

Opis

Africa is commonly regarded as a "continent on the move" in scholarly observation and mass media reportage. Movement is seen primarily in the direction of Europe. Yet the public debate is characterized by two misconceptions. The first is that high population growth in Africa would almost automatically trigger higher international migration to the neighbouring European continent. There is even talk of a "rush to Europe". The second frequently encountered misconception is that migration and flight in and from Africa is primarily a result of poverty, violent conflicts and environmental degradation. Both are misconceptions that cannot be reconciled with the facts at hand. 

Spis treści

Introduction - A continent on the move.- Migration: drivers and dynamics of cross-border mobility.- Forced migration in Africa.- Internal migration and internally displaced persons in Africa.- Integration in Africa.- Migration and refugee policies in Africa.- Diaspora as mediators between Africa and Europe.- What to do? Promoting mobility.

O autorze

Prof. Thomas Faist PhD heads the research group Sociology of Transnationalization and the Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD) at the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University.

Tobias Gehring is doing his PhD at the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University and the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (BGHS).

Dr. Susanne U. Schultz received her doctorate from the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University. She is a project manager at the Bertelsmann Stiftung and an Associated Research Fellow at the Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD).

Blurb

Africa is generally regarded by scholars and the mass media as a "continent on the move" - a movement primarily in the direction of Europe. Yet the public debate is dominated by two misconceptions. The first of these is that high population growth in Africa would almost automatically trigger higher international migration to the neighbouring European continent. There is even talk of a "rush to Europe". The second frequently encountered misconception is that migration and flight in and from Africa is primarily a result of poverty, violent conflicts and environmental degradation. Both are misconceptions that cannot be reconciled with the facts at hand. These facts are the subject of this volume.

The authors

Prof. Thomas Faist PhD heads the research group Sociology of Transnationalization and the Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD) at Bielefeld University.

Tobias Gehring is doing his doctorate at the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University and the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (BGHS).

Dr. Susanne U. Schultz received her doctorate from the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University. She is a senior expert at the Bertelsmann Stiftung and an Associated Research Fellow at the Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD).