Migration and Africa’s eternal lockdown
The unprecedented distress of momentarily locked-down lives should prompt Europeans to realize how much their leadership curtails freedom of movement on a permanent basis on the African continent.
2 Article(s) by:
Iriann Freemantle
Iriann Freemantle’s current work focuses on the role of the European Union and international organizations in the governance of mobility within and out of Africa.
African migration and the charade of ‘return to safety’
The UNHCR and African Union’s policy of returning migrants to their countries of origin, suggests that Africans should be grateful to just stay alive, and are only—theoretically—entitled to anything beyond that on their own continent.