cathrine.talleraas@cmi.no
This project provides policy-relevant research on the effects of EU external migration policy in six countries across Africa and the Middle East
Migration is key for economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It may therefore seem paradoxical that SSA and MENA countries cooperate with the EU on policies to reduce migration and increase returns. While international collaboration has become essential in migration management, the incentives, implementation and broader impact of EU migration measures in partner countries remain largely unexplored.
This project examines the effects of the EU’s external migration management policies by zooming in on six countries: Jordan, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Senegal, Ghana and Libya. The countries represent origin, transit and destination countries for mixed migration flows, and differ in terms of governance practices, state capacities, colonial histories, economic development and migration contexts. Bringing together scholars working on different case countries and aspects of the migration policy puzzle, the EFFEXT project explores the broader landscape of migration policy in Africa and the Middle East.
The summary report for the EFFEXT project provides an overview of each case country and examines the project's cross cutting themes. You can read the report here.
EFFEXT | Ants.media/CMI
Project Objectives
The project's overarching objective is to further the development of theory on global migration management, specifically through research on the effects of EU policies in the MENA and SSA regions. The research is driven by the following sub-objectives:
- Develop an innovative multi-scalar methodology for migration policy research
- Map and analyse national and regional migration policies in MENA and SSA
- Assess national governments’ practices and priorities on migration
- Explore how local migration strategies are influenced by EU-initiated policies
- Identify policymaking opportunities for coherent collaboration
- Ensure impact through continuous and policy-oriented engagement
- Advance theoretical understandings of migration management
Project Team
Advisory Board
Our expert advisory board give us important feedback and advice at various stages of the project cycle. They are academics and policy-makers from the researcher countries, the EU, and our countries of research:
- Bram Frouws (Head of Mixed Migration Centre, Danish Refugee Council)
- Joseph Teye (Associate Professor, Centre for Migration Studies, Uni. of Ghana)
- Leander Kandilige (Lecturer, Centre for Migration Studies, Uni. of Ghana)
- Fekadu Adugna Tufa (Assistant Professor, Research Lead for the Migration Industries Thematic Area, Addis Ababa Uni.)
- Nasser Yassin (Director of Research, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American Uni. of Beirut)
- Jørgen Carling (Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo)
- Nicola Piper (Professor of International Law, Queen Mary Uni. of London)
- Sophie Nonnenmacher (Senior Regional Liaison and Policy Officer, IOM Regional Office for West and Central Africa)
- Caroline Njuki (Project Officer, ILO)
- Knut Holm (International Unit, Norwegian Directorate of Immigration and Coordinator, European Migration Network Norway)
- Roberto Forin (Global Programme Coordinator,Mixed Migration Centre)
Project updates
Funding the Journey: How Western Aid Became a Ticket to the Gulf
The Unseen Workforce: Formalizing Ethiopian Seasonal Labor Migration in Sudan
Managing African migration governance: EFFEXT final conference
EFFEXT researchers visit the EU Commission
Externalisation in Senegal: Balancing competing interests
EFFEXT final conference: African Migration Governance
Implementing migration policies in Ghana: navigating externalization and local realities
Comparative Perspectives on Migration Policy Impact: Insights from Ghana and Jordan
EFFEXT Final Conference: Policy-Research Dialogue: Ways Forward in African Migration Governance
EFFEXT final conference: Understanding African Migration: Evidence-Based Insight
The effects of European migration policy in Africa and the Middle East
EFFEXT project survey in Northern Ghana
The EU Trust Fund for Africa and implications for Norwegian Aid
Changing migration policy in challenging settings
Effects of Externalisation workshop
Cooperation on mobility in the Levant: What are the future directions?
Project members participate in impact workshop
Event on African perspectives on European migration policies
EFFEXT Background Paper – National and international migration policy in Ethiopia
Breakfast Seminar: What are the effects of EU migration policy in Jordan?
Interview: How the EU is shaping migration policy in Ethiopia
Jordan: How the EU is using trade deals to curb migration
EFFEXT project video
Webinar - Effects of Externalisation
Effects of EU Externalisation - perspectives from Africa and the Middle East
Understanding the effects of the EU's migration management: Interview with Cathrine Talleraas
New project on migration management in Africa and the Middle East
Publications
Externally Driven Border Control in West Africa: Local Impact and Broader Ramifications
Implementing migration policies in Ghana: navigating externalization and local realities
EFFEXT Background Papers – National and international migration policy in Jordan
EFFEXT Background Papers – National and international migration policy in Ghana
EFFEXT Background Paper – National and international migration policy in Lebanon
EFFEXT Background Paper – National and international migration policy in Ethiopia
cathrine.talleraas@cmi.no