IN AFRICA
MIGRATION
FOR DEVELOPMENT
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IN AFRICA
List of Acronyms ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Preface ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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1. Background to the AU Migration Policy Framework for Africa .........................................................................................
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2. Migration realities in Africa and the global context . ...................................................................................................................
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3. Migration trends and patterns in Africa ..................................................................................................................................................
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4. Global and continental efforts to manage migration .................................................................................................................
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II. The strategic framework for managing migration ............................................................................................................................
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1. Migration governance . ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
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2. Labour migration and education . ...................................................................................................................................................................
2.1 National labour migration policies, structures and legislation . ........................................................................
2.2 Regional cooperation and harmonisation of labour migration policies ...................................................
2.3 Brain drain .............................................................................................................................................................................................................
2.4 Remittances ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................
3. Diaspora engagement ................................................................................................................................................................................................
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4. Border governance .......................................................................................................................................................................................................
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5. Irregular migration .......................................................................................................................................................................................................
5.1 Migrant smuggling ........................................................................................................................................................................................
5.2 Human trafficking ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
5.3 Return, readmission and reintegration .....................................................................................................................................
5.4 National and international security and stability . ..........................................................................................................
6. Forced displacement ...................................................................................................................................................................................................
6.1 Refugees and asylum-seekers ............................................................................................................................................................
6.2 Internally displaced persons ................................................................................................................................................................
6.3 Protracted displacement .........................................................................................................................................................................
6.4 Crisis prevention, management and conflict resolution .........................................................................................
6.5 Integration and re-integration . .........................................................................................................................................................
6.6 Stateless persons . ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
7. Internal migration ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................
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8 . Migration and trade .....................................................................................................................................................................................................
8.1 Informal trade and Migration .............................................................................................................................................................
9 . Cross-cutting issues ......................................................................................................................................................................................................
9.1 Migration and development ................................................................................................................................................................
9.2 Migration data and research ...............................................................................................................................................................
9.3 Human rights of migrants .......................................................................................................................................................................
9.4 Principles of non-discrimination ......................................................................................................................................................
9.5 Migration, poverty and conflict ........................................................................................................................................................
9.6 Migration and health ..................................................................................................................................................................................
9.7 Migration and environment .................................................................................................................................................................
9.8 Migration and gender . ...............................................................................................................................................................................
9.9 Migration, children, adolescents and youths . ....................................................................................................................
9.10 Migration and older persons ...............................................................................................................................................................
9.11 Inter-state and inter-regional cooperation.............................................................................................................................
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III. The way forward ................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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IV. The AU Migration Policy Framework for Africa: Plan of Action (2018 – 2030) .................................................
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Annex. Decision on the reports of the specialised technical committees
(STCs), EX.CL/987(XXXII) . .....................................................................................................................................................................................................
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