Content Type: Working Paper / Political Geography: Eritrea / Publication Year: within 10 Years / Topic: Displacement

Author:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Publication Date:: 07-2019
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Abstract:: With Africa's population expected to double by 2050, the rapid increase in the number of forcibly displaced Africans of the past decade will continue to expand unless key drivers are reversed.
Topic:: Migration, United Nations, Diaspora, and Displacement
Political Geography:: Africa, Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, South Sudan, and Central African Republic

Author:: Amanda Coffie, Richard Alemdjrodo, Patience Adzande, and Jocelyn Perry
Publication Date:: 07-2018
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Social Science Research Council
Abstract:: According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) esti- mates, nearly sixty-six million people had been forced to leave their homes and migrate as a result of conflict, political violence, ethnic and religious tensions, and natural disasters as of 2016.1 These rather high estimates contributed to the UN’s 2016 launch of the New York Declaration for Migrants and Refugees to enshrine global commitments to the challenges posed by high levels of forced displace- ment, and develop concrete plans for their resolution. This policy briefing note addresses the African Union and African govern- ments, as well as African scholars and policymakers regarding Africa’s particular position within global displacement and migration trends. It provides recommen- dations in the lead-up to the adoption of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) at a special summit in Morocco in December 2018.
Topic:: Migration, Refugees, Displacement, and Conflict
Political Geography:: Uganda, Africa, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Chad, South Sudan, Central African Republic, and Democratic Republic of Congo

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