Labour mobility

Our work centres around labour mobility cooperation between Africa and Europe, the rights of migrant workers, and wider efforts to strengthen migration governance on both continents.

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Skills mobility partnerships: Recommendations and guidance for policymakers and practitioners

In a report for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Anna Knoll and Jamie Slater explain how policymakers can design skills mobility partnerships – agreements between two countries that facilitate the movement of individuals to benefit the labour markets of both countries – in a sustainable and effective way.

22 March 2024

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Commentary

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Kenya and Ghana’s visa reforms: Paving the way for free movement in Africa

Commentary

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What African countries can do to improve labour mobility

Dossier

Mapping labour migration in Europe

Report

The EU-Africa migration agenda: Realising a new partnership

Commentary

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Hard truths of a more restrictive EU migration approach

Report

Skills mobility partnerships: Recommendations and guidance for policymakers and practitioners

Brief

Building systems for migration, return and reintegration: Lessons learned from employment-related interventions in West Africa

Brief

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Labour mobility as a key element of the AfCFTA: What role for the AU’s free movement protocol?

Study

Re-thinking approaches to labour migration: Potentials and gaps in four EU member states’ migration infrastructures

Paper

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Connecting African markets and people: Streamlining regional trade and free movement protocols

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