Regional and international efforts to combat the phenomenon of illegal migration: Africa as a model

Abstract

The phenomenon of illegal immigration is one of the negative global phenomena that have emerged as a result of the changes taking place in the world in all fields, political, economic, security, social and cultural, where many factors contributed to the inflation of this phenomenon, and the pursuit of individuals to move illegally from their place of residence to another country in search of security, economic level or social stability, and as a result of the emergence of many negatives resulting from the exacerbation of the phenomenon, which exceeded the borders of the nation-state and reflected in one way or another on the exporting and receiving country of migration. Considering that illegal immigration is one of the tributaries of organized crime, terrorism and intellectual extremism, and these challenges have imposed on countries and relevant international organizations to cooperate in order to address them and reduce their effects, whether the treatment is legislative or convention or through procedures, measures and support programs, and the African continent is one of the largest sources of illegal immigration to Europe and others, This is what the study seeks to discuss to come up with results that contribute to supporting efforts to raise awareness of its danger and ways to address it.