Refugee, Migrant and Human Rights Crisis in Africa: The Libyan Experience

Ifedi, Francisca Obiageli and Ezechi, Kingsley C. (2019) Refugee, Migrant and Human Rights Crisis in Africa: The Libyan Experience. International Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary research, 3 (5). pp. 15-27. ISSN 2000-006X

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Abstract

The refugee, migrant and human rights crisis ravaging the African continent through the Libyan coast is one that is self inflicted, due in part and primarily so, a result of bad governance on the part of the African leaders who have not made the management and welfare of her citizens a primary and a going concern. Ethnic conflict and wars on resource control have also led to the forceful migration of some of these citizens from their homes. Thus, having been frustrated and uncared for, dreams dashed and hope in the leaders lost, the average African citizen, in a bid to achieve their natural given potential have decided to seek alternative means to do so in other climes other than their home countries, no matter the cost. Using the documentary method of data collection and expost facto research design, the study found that the current crisis in Libya is largely a product of neglect by African leaders of their citizens and their seeming cluelessness in the ordering and direction of the lives of their citizens for individual, collective and societal growth. Apart from determining if the dearth of leadership was responsible for the current human rights crisis in Libya, the study also found that the average living conditions of African citizens was a probable cause. Thus, to properly understand the philosophical reason for the exodus of Africans out of their home countries, the study adopted the Neoclassical Migration Theory. The study finally recommends that African leaders should address the structural imbalance in their various domains that have sparked both internecine and genocidal conflict across the continent, and also ensure the implementation of the tenets of good and inclusive governance.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
Divisions: Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 20 Oct 2020 13:26
Last Modified: 20 Oct 2020 13:26
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/2794

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