But beyond this administrative hurdle lies the financial toll especially for Africans. As of March 2025, a standard EU Schengen visa fee was pegged at €110, (from last year's €90) but additional costs such as travel insurance, biometric fees, transportation to embassies, and courier charges can bump up expenses to nearly double the official fee in a single attempt.
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The active and inactive mental decision of these characters to leave, in my understanding, implies their continued refusal to accept the shoddy social, economical, cultural and political realities of their immediate environment and country. Their migration dream isn’t an apathetic decision.
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Migration discourse is often clouded with the subjects of adults who make their own decisions on migration. Most times, unconsciously, children are left behind in migration conversations, especially in cases of forced migration.
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For many African students abroad, black tax is not just a financial obligation—it is a quiet battle against exhaustion, guilt, and the ever-present fear of failure. The burden of being the family's economic backbone while juggling academic expectations.
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Over time, Somali Sideways has developed into a multidimensional project that has also seen other publications, such as Somali Sideways: Photobook in Changing Perceptions of the Somalis and Somali Sideways: Women Stories, highlighting the vital roles women in Somali communities play.
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Drawing from this contextual backing, Diaspora Africa & IOM Nigeria will host a webinar on International Migrants Day, calling on all relevant stakeholders to explore the possibilities and implications attached to remittances and civic engagement.
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Uganda's anti gay law has some of the strictest punishments for being gay and for gay organising (activism and creating community for gay people) in the world. With punishments as severe as life imprisonment for "engaging in acts of homosexuality" and 20 years jail time for "promoting homosexuality",
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Who “deserves” to travel, to move, to emigrate? While the migration debate keeps on revolving around ‘illegalised’ travel to Europe, those who attempt to move 'legally' face ever-increasing visa constraints. The current visa system can be described as a form of “global apartheid”.
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According to Global reports, the anti-immigration protest in the UK fuelled by misinformation is the worst public disorder the country has had to deal with in over a decade.
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The Safety Rwanda Act (Asylum and Immigration Act) (“the Act”) has been described as a violation of the rule of law (Murray 2023).
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