ECOWAS Regional Migration Policy

Human Mobility

Policy

2020

Year of publication

2020

Specific thematic area

Migration

Sector of governance

Human Mobility

Type of human mobility

Migration

Characteristics of human mobility

Cross-border

Type of environmental driver

Generic references to climate climate change

Local governance marker

Not Available

Sudden-onset/slow-onset

Both

Type of provision related to human mobility in disaster and climate change contexts

DIRECT SPECIFIC - Includes a sectoral strategy that addresses the impact of climate change on migration.

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

GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse driversGCM Objective 5 - Regular pathwaysGCM Objective 21 - Dignified return and reintegration

Child marker

Not Available

Gender marker

Not Available

Human rights marker

Not Available

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