Worlds Apart?

Adeoye O. Akinola is Head of Research and Teaching at the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC), University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He obtained a PhD in Political Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. He was lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria and acted as Visiting Professor at the United Nations University for Peace (UPEACE) Africa Programme in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Jesper Bjarnesen has been Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) in Uppsala, Sweden, since September 2013, and Associate Professor at the University of Uppsala. He holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Uppsala, and a Master’s degree in Anthropology and another in African Regional Studies from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

• Acronyms and abbreviationsAbout the contributorsPART I: INTRODUCTIONChapter 1: Africa–EU migration: Worlds apart?PART II: THE BIGGER PICTUREChapter 2: Africa’s ‘Boat People’ encounter ‘Fortress Europe’: Conflict and Migration in Africa–EU relationsChapter 3: Governance challenges for migration in Africa: The missing linkChapter 4: Beyond the Eurocentric gaze: Refugee and migration governance in AfricaChapter 5: Remittances and development of AfricaPART III: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVESChapter 6: Migration: The Maghreb and the European UnionChapter 7: Migration in the Horn of Africa and the European UnionChapter 8: Legal pathways to migration: Labour migration arrangements between West Africa and EuropeChapter 9: Migration: Southern Africa and the European Union (EU)Chapter 10: Migration: The African Great Lakes and the European UnionPART IV: CONTINENTAL PERSPECTIVESChapter 11: African Union–European Union relations in the light of migration managementChapter 12: Bridging the Mediterranean: Coherent European and African long-term migration policyPART V: PERSPECTIVES ON ROOT CAUSESChapter 13: The root causes of African migration to Europe: An African PerspectiveChapter 14: The root causes of African migration to Europe: A European perspectivePART VI: CIVIL SOCIETY PERSPECTIVESChapter 15: The role of African civil society in implementing the United Nations Global Compact on MigrationChapter 16: The role of European civil society in implementing the United Nations Global Compact on MigrationVII: UN PERSPECTIVESChapter 17: The role of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Africa–EU MigrationChapter 18: Towards lasting solutions to the Africa–European Union migration challengeChapter 19: The role of the International Organization for Migration in African–European Union migrationVIII: FUTURE OF AFRICA–EU MIGRATION GOVERNANCEChapter 20: Renegotiating Africa–EU migration governanceIndex