While migrating to an urban area is a rational act for a young person in search of a job and a better life, too often, the end result is poverty and exploitation. To rectify this, governments are now looking at job creation in rural areas, though these initiatives need to be both intensified and expanded.
At the same time, very little effort has been made in Africa to reduce emigration or to promote the return of emigrants. In response to this situation, the African Union has established a “Strategic Framework for a Policy on Migration” with the goal of addressing the causes of internal and international migration and its challenges.
The ILO together with the European Commission has also set up a project on “Managing Labour Migration for Development and Integration in the Maghreb, West Africa and East Africa”. This project has increased awareness of stakeholders on different aspects of labour migration, promoted understanding of its causes and consequences, and collected data and information, which are critically needed to develop comprehensive policy frameworks and labour migration management measures.
Discussion Questions:
1. How can young people be supported in coping with the transition from school to work? And from informal to mainstream employment?
2. How best can African countries integrate youth employment policies into more general employment generation strategies, and more importantly, into the design of Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSs)?
3. Beside employment promotion to raise the hopes of young people in their communities, what is the best approach to addressing the tragedies in the migration of young people from Africa to Europe?
4. Why have African countries been slow in joining the Youth Employment Network, and what should be done to accelerate implementation of the objectives of YEN?
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