Migration and Mobility: Creating Positive Change and Fostering Opportunities for Youth and their Communities
Young people in Africa often face limited opportunities to study and work. Some confront political circumstances, social situations or life conditions that compel them to leave their country of origin. They often embark upon dangerous migration journeys misinformed and ill-prepared, putting their lives at risk.
This event will raise awareness on challenges and opportunities around youth, migration and mobility, and will present initiatives enabling young returnees, who are among the most dynamic and active members of a community, to become important actors of change, contributing their skills, experiences, and knowledge to the development of their countries and communities of origin.
Date: 17 February 2022, 15:30 – 17:30 (CEST)
Venue: Online event hosted on INTPA platform (connection link available soon)
Language: English (simultaneous interpretation in French available)
Africa whole-of-route approach on movement of youth in Africa (10’) – Speakers: African Union
WAKA Well Initiative, West Africa (15’) – Speaker: A member of the young community in Nigeria that helped develop WAKA Well and continues to support dissemination of the campaign | Q&A (15’)
Mogadishu Job Fair in Somalia (15’) – Speaker: Government partner | Q&A (15’)
EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration Since May 2017, the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration has supported close to 107,000 migrants, half of them young people, to return to their communities of origin and re-establish themselves at home. Find out more about the EU-IOM Joint Initiative here.
EU-IOM Joint Initiative Virtual Exhibition launched The Virtual Exhibition showcases the faces, stories of the thousands of individuals who are at the heart of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative. It celebrates the resilience of those who decided to return and re-establish their lives in their countries of origin, with the support of their communities. Explore the exhibition here.
