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Europe Fighting Irregular Migration – Consequences for West African Mobility

Document number
2831
Date
2011
Title
Europe Fighting Irregular Migration – Consequences for West African Mobility
Author/publisher
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Media/News,
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;
Summary
In collaboration with African countries, the EU is fighting irregular migration to Europe through border control and deportations. However, rather than halting irregular migration, such policies reconfigure mobility flows and make migration routes more dangerous and difficult.
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