Reducing root causes of forced displacement and managing migration
This project addresses the multidimensional (multivariate) causes and explanatory factors of forced migration, and investigates the sustainability of different strategies for managing forced migration and flight. It also uses examples of two African sub-regions (East Africa, West Africa) to examine the potential for regional, national and sub-national policies to support a development-oriented approach to managing regular migration.
Project Lead:
Jörn Grävingholt
Project Team:
Eva Dick
Jana Kuhnt
Charles Martin-Shields
Constantin Ruhe
Benjamin Schraven
Sebastian Ziaja
Financing:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Time frame:
2017 - 2019
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completed
Project description
Multi-dimensional analysis of causes of flight
The policy discourse on the so-called “refugee crisis” has brought debates about ‘root’ causes of forced displacement to the fore. Development policy is expected to play a key role in delivering sustainable solutions, but this comes along with significant uncertainties. While much research points to the relative importance of various historical, political, economic, ecological and social factors, there remain questions about which combinations of factors best explain forced migration in a systematic, integrated way.
Against this background, the first work package of this project analyses the interdependence and combined impacts of political, economic, ecological, social and demographic factors on forced migration processes. It employs a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods and builds on DIE’s existing multi-dimensional classification model of state fragility. The central goal is to identify political, social, and economic patterns of displacement that can aid in shaping adequate strategies to address root causes of forced migration.
Regional migration governance
People fleeing their home regions or countries due to violent conflicts or natural disasters, however, constitute only a small fraction of those on the move. The large majority move for (predominantly) economic reasons, hoping to earn a living for their families, and do so mainly between neighbouring countries. Regional organisations, such as ECOWAS in West Africa and IGAD in North-Eastern Africa, have developed migration regimes to respond to their populations’ mobility. It remains an open question how fit these regimes are for the purpose of contributing to “safe, regular and responsible migration, and planned and well-managed migration policies” (SDG target 10.7), and how they could be supported.
In order to answer these questions, the second work package focuses on the current and potential function of regional migration governance in West and North-Eastern Africa. Based on analysis of recent migration trends in these respective regions, the second work package examines how migration governance is addressed by the different actors and institutions in West and North-Eastern Africa, and how these regional migration governance regimes interact with national and sub-national governance levels in each country (multi-level approach).
The project’s research is geared towards providing actionable policy advice and contributes actively to the building of networks with national and international experts and research institutions.
Publications
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Not in my backyard? Welfare gains and social challenges: the impact of refugees on the host population in Uganda
Kuhnt, Jana / Jana Lenze / Ramona Rischke (2019)
Discussion Paper 17/2019 -
Digitalisation in the lives of urban migrants: evidence from Bogota
Martin-Shields, Charles P. / Sonia Camacho / Rodrigo Taborda / Constantin Ruhe (2019)
Discussion Paper 12/2019 -
The influence of EU migration policy on regional free movement in the IGAD and ECOWAS regions
Castillejo, Clare (2019)
Discussion Paper 11/2019 -
Literature review: drivers of migration. Why do people leave their homes? Is there an easy answer? A structured overview of migratory determinants
Kuhnt, Jana (2019)
Discussion Paper 9/2019 -
Stützen oder stürzen? Der Einfluss der Europäischen Union auf die afrikanischen Freizügigkeitsagenden in West- und Nordostafrika
Castillejo, Clare / Eva Dick / Benjamin Schraven (2019)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 16/2019 -
Von globalen Flüchtlingsnormen zu lokalen „Realitäten“: die Umsetzung des Globalen Flüchtlingspaktes in Kenia
Dick, Eva / Markus Rudolf (2019)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 15/2019 -
„Klimamigration“ in Subsahara-Afrika: Trends und grundlegende Empfehlungen für die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Schraven, Benjamin / Stephen Adaawen / Christina Rademacher-Schulz / Nadine Segadlo (2019)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 10/2019 -
How the Global Compact on Refugees can be implemented successfully
Dick, Eva / Markus Rudolf (2019)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 16 December 2019 -
Why we need to talk more about “climate migration” in Latin America
Serraglio, Diogo / Benjamin Schraven (2019)
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 9 September 2019) -
The challenges of “drought migration”
Adaawen, Stephen / Benjamin Schraven (2019)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 17 June 2019) -
Where are the African voices?
Adaawen, Stephen / Benjamin Schraven (2019)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 4 February 2019) -
The neglected role of cities in the Global Compact on Refugees
Dick, Eva / Jana Kuhnt (2019)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 23 January 2019) -
(Re)negotiating refugee protection in Malaysia: implications for future policy in refugee management
Munir-Asen, Katrina (2018)
Discussion Paper 29/2018 -
Regional migration governance in Africa and beyond: a framework of analysis
Dick, Eva / Benjamin Schraven (2018)
Discussion Paper 9/2018 -
What still needs to be said about the migration pact
Schraven, Benjamin / Eva Dick (2018)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 10 December 2018) -
Cities for sustainable global development
Dick, Eva (2018)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 29 October 2018) -
What the Global Compact for Migration really means
Schraven, Benjamin / Eva Dick (2018)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 23 July 2018 -
Supporting a place to call home?
Martin-Shields, Charles (2018)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 11 July 2018 -
IOM on the brink?
Schraven, Benjamin (2018)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 25 June 2018 -
Is migration the better form of development aid?
Schraven, Benjamin (2018)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 11 June 2018 -
The goals of the coalition agreement reach beyond Germany's borders
Grävingholt, Jörn (2018)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 19 March 2018 -
Dare to be more complex!
Schraven, Benjamin / Charles Martin-Shields (2018)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 19 February 2018 -
Afrika ohne Grenzen? Regionalorganisationen und Personenfreizügigkeit in West- und Nordostafrika
Dick, Eva / Benjamin Schraven (2018)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 13/2018 -
State fragility as a cause of forced displacement: identifying theoretical channels for empirical research
Martin-Shields, Charles P. (2017)
Discussion Paper 30/2017 -
Regionale Migrationsgovernance: Impulse für eine nachhaltige internationale Migrationsarchitektur
Dick, Eva / Anne Koch / Benjamin Schraven / Benjamin Etzold (2017)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 18/2017 -
Digitalisierung und Flucht: wie können Geber digitale Technologien zur Unterstützung von Flüchtlingen einsetzen?
Martin-Shields, Charles (2017)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 16/2017 -
Mehr Entwicklung – mehr Migration? Der „migration hump“ und seine Bedeutung für die entwicklungspolitische Zusammenarbeit mit Subsahara-Afrika
Schraven, Benjamin / Steffen Angenendt / Charles Martin-Shields (2017)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 15/2017 -
Good Governance, Good Jobs, and a Good Global Compact on Migration
Martin-Shields. Charles (2017)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 3 July 2017) -
Climate change is not everything – The causes of flight and migration are manifold
Schraven, Benjamin (2017)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 6 June 2017) -
How Germany can better promote peace
Grävingholt, Jörn (2017)
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The current Column, 28 February 2017)