Migration and Refugee Crisis in Africa: Issues, Challenges and Prospects

Yahaya JB

Published on: 2023-10-18

Abstract

 Migration and refugees’ problems are key issues that have manifested imbalances and instability on the African continent in recent time as people take unreasonable risks in search of greener pastures outside of their continent and in the process; they are exposed to grave hazards and life-threatening situations including death on the high sea and other several cases of maltreatment to migrants. The paper has identified that the forces which drive migration are enormous not limited to natural disasters, droughts, earthquakes, famine, religious persecution, political repression, civil wars, regime change, and sit-tight syndrome among African leaders, climate change, poverty, economic restructuring, power and ethnic politics among others. The paper has utilized secondary data while it adopts migration and refugee’s theories as its theoretical frameworks to midwife the study. The paper recommends selfless leadership and good governance, transparency, accountability as key for achieving a sustainable development programme and creating an easy flow of lawful movements between African countries   among others as part of panacea to manage migration and acute refugee problems in Africa.