Irregular Migration from West Africa to the Maghreb and the European Union: An Overview of Recent Trends
- Document number
- 1899
- Date
- 2008
- Title
- Irregular Migration from West Africa to the Maghreb and the European Union: An Overview of Recent Trends
- Author/publisher
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Restrictive migration measures, Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour; IOM MIgration Research Series No 32,
- Summary
- The main aim of this study is to achieve a more empirically founded and
quantitative understanding of the nature, scale, and recent evolution of irregular West
African migration to North Africa and Europe. This is pursued through an analysis
of data available from official statistics as well as the emergent policy and research
literature on this issue. On the basis of this analysis, this study will also evaluate
how policies to curb trans-Saharan and trans-Mediterranean migration have affected
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