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New Report Challenges Narrative About African Migration

Simon Marks

   ADDIS ABABA - Portrayals of migration flows in Africa are often
   misconstrued and mischaracterized, according to a major new report from
   the African Union and International Organization for Migration. Among
   other things, the report says most African immigrants are crossing land
   borders in the continent, not trying to sail across seas and oceans on
   rickety boats.

   Experts say those false perceptions have a detrimental impact on
   policies, whereby most of the money goes to deterring people from
   traveling north across the Mediterranean rather than focusing on the 80
   percent of Africans who have no interest in leaving the continent when
   they migrate.

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