The Plight of African Migrants
- Ernie J. Burgher and SitiTalkBlog
- Jul 24, 2016
- 2 min read
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Endless economic hardship, gross inequality, civil wars, genocide, terrorism, threats to life and lack of opportunities are some of the endless reasons Africans decide to embark on a voyage overseas to mostly Europe and North America for ‘greener pastures’ or a better future. Ironically, the migration trends in Africa are usually geared towards their once time colonial masters. Citizens from the French speaking African countries like Morocco, Togo, French Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Senegal, migrate in huge numbers to France and Belgium. While citizens from African Countries with English as official language like Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya migrate mainly to England and Germany. During the period of 2000-2005 an estimated 440,000 people per year emigrated from Africa mainly to Europe, and the comprise of well-educated and skilled migrants, as well as the so educated and unskilled migrants.
Most if not all African migrants face an ordeal one way or the other, legal migrants face the problem of adopting to a new world that is fast paced, where nothing is given for free and a system that most of the time works. Illegal immigrants have unique problems of their own; soughing out their legal status, the struggle of living without adequate documentation and the fact that certain facilities are not available for people of their status. As they all face separate problems, there are the problems common to them; racism, stigmatization, racial profiling and pure bias.
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Ernie J. Burgher is a bi-lingual freelance journalist and author, and speaks English and French. Ernie writes for SitiTalkBlog.
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