Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from Africa

As Europe grapples with the challenges of responding to the arrival of large numbers of migrants, it is vital to keep in mind that the people involved have not left their homes and countries for no reason. Many of them would rather have stayed at home. In a sense, they were forced into migrating.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: J O Moses Okello
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: University of Oxford 2016-01-01
Series:Forced Migration Review
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Online Access:http://www.fmreview.org/destination-europe/okello
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Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from Africa
Forced Migration Review
refugee
IDP
stateless
internal displacement
forced migration
migration
Europe
migration crisis
title Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from Africa
title_full Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from Africa
title_fullStr Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from Africa
title_full_unstemmed Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from Africa
title_short Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from Africa
title_sort tragedy on the way to europe a perspective from africa
topic refugee
IDP
stateless
internal displacement
forced migration
migration
Europe
migration crisis
url http://www.fmreview.org/destination-europe/okello
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