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Stopping African Migration Into Europe: A Possibility Or A Hoax

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  • ADEAGBO, Adekola

    (1Department of Culture and Social Sciences, University of Osnabrueck, Germany, Phone: +4917683082990)

  • OMODUNBI, Olumide

    (2Department of Political Sciences, Osun State University, Osogbo Phone: +2347034933360)

Abstract

In August 2018, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel embarked on a trip to three African countries (Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal) to discuss economic ties and partnership with the main aim to limit, if not stop the over-whelming migration of citizens from Africa. The trip has raised some hopes as well as question towards what it seeks to achieve and this paper tries to investigate the prospects using historical and theoretical approaches to understand why people migrate and as well the hold of government on its people if at all such partnership will yield positive results. Using Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and the social capital theory, this paper concludes that the journey through such partnership is a rough one if not a dead-end unless some structural changes are made in the process of governance in the aforementioned countries

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  • ADEAGBO, Adekola & OMODUNBI, Olumide, 2021. "Stopping African Migration Into Europe: A Possibility Or A Hoax," Annals of Spiru Haret University, Economic Series, Universitatea Spiru Haret, vol. 21(1), pages 167-177.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:sphecs:0387
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    Keywords

    Africa; migration; European partnership; government; social capital;
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    • J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General

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