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RESEARCH LAB - Securitisation: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON AFRO-EUROPEAN RELATIONS IN MIGRATION GOVERNANCE| Title of the event | RESEARCH LAB - Securitisation: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON AFRO-EUROPEAN RELATIONS IN MIGRATION GOVERNANCE |
| Series | Online Lecture Series: Critical Reflections on Afro-European Relations in Migration Governance |
| Organizer | Centre for Global Migration Studies (CeMig) |
| Speaker | Almamy Sylla, Amanda Bisong, Leonie Jegen, Anja Jetschke |
| Type of event | Podiumsdiskussion |
| Category | Forschung |
| Registration required | Ja |
| Details | ABSTRACT - Amanda Bisong: The strengthening of the Schengen area in Europe since the early 2000s has led to a policy of externalisation of EU migration policies and controls to North and West Africa. This process also led to the securitisation of migration policy, with migration framed as a security threat to the state or society. This talk examines how current EU measures to control migration especially those aimed at reducing the number of irregular arrivals from West Africa have contributed to the securitisation of migration within the region. This securitisation agenda of the EU coexists with the free movement of persons and the rising insecurity and terrorism in the region, thus creating a complex situation for mobility within the region. The talk will also reflect on issues such as how politically, the EU has had more success in cooperating with autocratic governments and governments seeking to legitimize their stay than with the more democratic governments, where the citizens are quick to point out the challenges of such cooperation and are able to mobilise against these partnerships. Finally, the talk examines some of the effects of the use of ODA focused on securitisation measures as it relates to the free movement of persons and mobility within the ECOWAS region. ********** ABSTRACT - Almamy Sylla: The cross-border areas of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire are areas of intense human and goods movement activities. The three countries (Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire) belong to the ECOWAS area of free movement of persons and goods. However, movement between these countries is intensely restricted, giving rise to new players in the inland and cross-border movement of persons and goods. The motorcyclists, known as ‘sotramotos’, who convey persons and their goods from one border to the other, have become important players in regional mobility between Zégoua (Mali) and Pogo (Côte d’ivoire), Baghéra-Loumana (Burkina Faso) and the artisanal gold mining sites located in the vicinity of these three borders. In those communities, motorbikes have been playing an important role for ages in informal economic activities and in mobility on one hand, given the poor development of transport infrastructure, and in the perpetuation of kinship and solidarity networks that transcend the physical borders inherited from colonisation, on the other hand. This presentation aims to provide an account of the emergence of the “sotramotos” as important players in mobility in the cross-border areas between Mali, Côte d’Ivoire (Pogo) and Burkina Faso. |
| Date | Start: 29.09.2021, 13:00 Uhr Ende: 29.09.2021 , 14:30 Uhr |
| Location |
Zoom Zoom |
| Contact |
Dr. Jelka Günther jelka.guenther@uni-goettingen.de |
| External link | https://ammodi.com/critical-reflections-on-afro... |