Human Mobility to Development

Abstract

Every day, hundreds of unaccountable African youth are confidently tricked and lured into modern day slavery through irregular migration. The trend of these irregular migrations represents one of the biggest humanitarian tragedies, rendering most African youths who were intellects and vision holders to be hopeless and vulnerable within the scope living as undocumented migrants and slaves for which they constitute the greater work force of their nation. This study reports on research via a survey made with over 6,000 displaced irregular undocumented migrants within the various African communities across Australia, Italy, Spain, and largely Belgium, which indicate 35% of undocumented migrants are willing to start afresh in their home country. They also reveal that lack of support makes it difficult or even impossible to return. For example, poor and rudimentary approaches used to disseminate information about the voluntary return program has created a lot of doubts about the existence of support upon migrant’s arrival while 50% see the voluntary return program as deportation.

Presenters

Richard Osei Bonsu
CEO/ International Project Coordinator, Admnistration, Organization for Migrants and Non Immigrants for African Education, Greater Accra, Ghana

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Identity and Belonging

KEYWORDS

Migration

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