African Migration Trends to Watch in 2024

Structural factors continue to drive higher levels of migration within and out of Africa. While this represents a vital source of labor for host countries, irregular migration continues to pose extraordinary risks.

African migrants stranded at the Libyan-Tunisian border in Ras Jedir. (Photo: Mahmud TURKIA / AFP)

African migration continues to experience persistent upward pressures—extending a 20-year pattern. Limited economic opportunity, conflict, repressive government, growing youth populations, and climate change are the primary drivers behind the approximately one million new migrants over . . .