Environmental drivers of human migration in Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract

Published online by Cambridge University Press ** The terms migration and displacement are interchangeably used in this paper. **The term environmental migration represents the movement of people because of extreme sudden events, slow onset events, or accumulated events altogether or separately.

Institutionalised Xenophobia: African Migrants’ Experiences and Perceptions of Service Delivery at a Selected South African Department of Home Affairs

“…In the same vein, the region is also facing difficulty with the diaspora's links with the country of origin and migrants' remittances. In recent times, sub-Saharan Africa has experienced major changes in migration configurations from within and outside the region due to environmental threats to socio-economic stability primarily related to shelter, livelihoods, food security and high-quality standards of life, which are often considered as push factors for intra-African human migration and/or environmental drivers of human migration in sub-Saharan Africa (Wolde, D'Odorico, and Rulli 2023).…”