Worlds Apart?

Perspectives on Africa-EU Migration
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-86098-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 536 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 807 g

This book explores the crucial political and diplomatic issue of migration, which over the past decade, has become a central theme in relations between Africa and Europe. It discusses the diverse perspectives of African and European actors on migration and presents a more just and sustainable migration governance agenda, against the backdrop of the more detailed reflections on the key policy priorities, drivers, regional dynamics, and actors influencing African–EU migration. By providing an insight into the complexities and challenges of Africa–Europe relations with regard to migration governance, this book aims to generate an understanding about the disparities within this policy field to work towards more common ground and long-term policy solutions.

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Zielgruppe

General and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Akinola, Adeoye O.

Bjarnesen, Jesper

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acronyms and abbreviations

About the contributors

PART I: INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1: Africa–EU migration: Worlds apart?

PART II: THE BIGGER PICTURE

Chapter 2: Africa’s ‘Boat People’ encounter ‘Fortress Europe’: Conflict and Migration in Africa–EU relations

Chapter 3: Governance challenges for migration in Africa: The missing link

Chapter 4: Beyond the Eurocentric gaze: Refugee and migration governance in Africa

Chapter 5: Remittances and development of Africa

PART III: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES

Chapter 6: Migration: The Maghreb and the European Union

Chapter 7: Migration in the Horn of Africa and the European Union

Chapter 8: Legal pathways to migration: Labour migration arrangements between West Africa and Europe

Chapter 9: Migration: Southern Africa and the European Union (EU)

Chapter 10: Migration: The African Great Lakes and the European Union

PART IV: CONTINENTAL PERSPECTIVES

Chapter 11: African Union–European Union relations in the light of migration management

Chapter 12: Bridging the Mediterranean: Coherent European and African long-term migration policy

PART V: PERSPECTIVES ON ROOT CAUSES

Chapter 13: The root causes of African migration to Europe: An African Perspective

Chapter 14: The root causes of African migration to Europe: A European perspective

PART VI: CIVIL SOCIETY PERSPECTIVES

Chapter 15: The role of African civil society in implementing the United Nations Global Compact on Migration

Chapter 16: The role of European civil society in implementing the United Nations Global Compact on Migration

VII: UN PERSPECTIVES

Chapter 17: The role of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Africa–EU Migration

Chapter 18: Towards lasting solutions to the Africa–European Union migration challenge

Chapter 19: The role of the International Organization for Migration in African–European Union migration

VIII: FUTURE OF AFRICA–EU MIGRATION GOVERNANCE

Chapter 20: Renegotiating Africa–EU migration governance

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Adeoye O. Akinola is Head of Research and Teaching at the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC), University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He obtained a PhD in Political Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. He was lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria and acted as Visiting Professor at the United Nations University for Peace (UPEACE) Africa Programme in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Jesper Bjarnesen has been Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) in Uppsala, Sweden, since September 2013, and Associate Professor at the University of Uppsala. He holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Uppsala, and a Master’s degree in Anthropology and another in African Regional Studies from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.