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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The first cohort of Diaspora Africa Migration Media Hub will center on Reporting Climate Migration in Africa, in collaboration with IOM Nigeria. We invite journalists and reporters with interest in climate migration to apply.
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Just as young Italians aspire to migrate elsewhere because their country fails to meet their needs, so do Nigerians, Gambians, Congolese, Somalis.
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“We understand that migration affects women differently and at Diaspora Africa, we use data to research how migration policy affects women. For example, we recently examined the UK’s new migration policy...
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On 18th December 2023, Diaspora Africa commemorates the International Migrants Day. In light of the increasing number of migrants across the world, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 18 December as International Migrants Day in 2000.
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In September 2022, Akaniro arrived at Cambridge, UK, alongside her family to pursue a postgraduate degree in Public Policy. If she had waited a year longer, she would have found herself in a difficult situation of choosing between studying in the UK.
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