Trends in African migration to Europe: Drivers beyond economic motivations

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The current migration and refugee crisis in Europe requires an understanding of the different migration drivers beyond the well-known economic determinants. In this paper, we view migration from a broader human security perspective and analyze the determinants of regular and irregular migration flows from Africa to Europe for the period 1990-2014. Our results show that, in addition to economic determinants, a combination of push and pull factors influence the migration decisions of individuals. In particular, rising political persecution, ethnic cleansing, human rights violations, political instability and civil conflicts in African source countries are all significantly associated with increased migration flows into European destination countries. Therefore, our results underscore the need for the EU and European countries to collaborate with the source countries, not only in terms of supporting economic development in the source countries, but also in promoting human security: human rights, democracy, peace and social stability.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: cege Discussion Papers ; No. 330

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Migration ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
• Subject: international migration ; asylum seeker ; refugee crisis ; human security ; Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Giménez-Gómez, José-Manuel ; Yabibal Mulualem Walle ; Zergawu, Yitagesu Zewdu
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege)
• (where): Göttingen
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/172328
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET