Policy makers who aim at reducing migration pressures are well advised to create opportunities for local economic development. By providing better prospects for local populations, migration pressures can be mitigated effectively.

This paper focuses on African policy positions on migration to Europe and towards cooperation on migration with the EU and its Member States.

The concept of ‘EU return sponsorships’ is one of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum’s central and most novel proposals. It may also prove to be the most controversial. At its core, this proposal put forward by the European Commission introduces...

Since 2014, Nigeria has outlined several initiatives on migration, including a National Migration Policy, strategies on labor migration and diaspora matters, and a coordinating framework to reform migration governance.

Cooperation on the return of migrants is partially employed strategically by governments in the Gambia, Nigeria, Niger, and Senegal, though mostly on a bilateral level rather than on an EU level.

The coronavirus pandemic has brought international movement to a standstill, including in West Africa. In reality, however, implementation of the free movement protocols has long faltered.

To increase legal labour migration pathways, including for lower-skilled workers, the Pact proposes greater and more effective cooperation with non-EU countries through so-called “Talent Partnerships”.

The book looks at the potential use of the EU's external financial instruments to address the root causes of migration and refugee inflows.

Senegal is a destination, origin and transit country for international migration. Generally, migration and mobility are perceived as positive in the Senegalese context.

Introduction Most high-income countries make a strict distinction in their immigration poli-cies between refugees and those deemed to be labor migrants.