Migration governance in Africa: Insights from the migration governance indicators data

This chapter examines the implementation of the African Union’s revised Migration Policy Framework for Africa (MPFA) and its eight thematic pillars by conducting a descriptive analysis of national and local data from the IOM Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) for 35 African Union Member States and for the years 2018–2022. The analysis identifies well-established policy areas as well as those with untapped potential for development. Areas that are well developed, in some cases with results better than global averages, include the adoption of national migration strategy documents and their harmonization with development-, gender- and environment-related efforts, the establishment of interministerial coordination mechanisms, and the creation of emigration- and diaspora-related structures (in line with the MPFA Pillar 1). Areas with the greatest potential for future development include the collection of migration-related questions beyond national censuses (Pillar 1), the improvement of migrants’ access to education and vocational training (Pillar 2) and the inclusion of displacement in national development plans (Pillar 7).

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