ECOWAS Common Approach on Migration

ECOWAS Common Approach on Migration

Human Mobility
Other
2008
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Year of publication
2008
Specific thematic area
Migration
Sector of governance
Human Mobility
Type of human mobility
Migration
Characteristics of human mobility
Cross-border
Type of environmental driver
None
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
None
Type of provision related to human mobility in disaster and climate change contexts
INDIRECT GENERAL - Free movement of persons as a priority, legal migration towards other regions, combating human trafficking and humanitarian assistance, harmonising policies, the protection of the rights of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, the gender dimension of migration policies.
Regional instruments Member countries
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
Sub-region
Western Africa
Region
Western Africa
Macro-region
Africa
Author/issuing body
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Relevant GCM objective
    5 - Regular pathways
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
B
Human rights marker
Not Available

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).