Terms defined to better understand migration issues in Africa
16 terms found
Administrative, logistical and financial support, including reintegration, for migrants who are unable or unwilling to stay in the host or transit country and who decide to return to their country of…
A person seeking international protection. In countries with individualized review procedures, an asylum seeker is a person whose claim for asylum has not yet been finally decided by the potential hos…
Agreements between two States, which are legally binding and primarily related to inter-State cooperation in the field of labour migration.
A set of computer techniques for identifying a person based on physical or behavioural characteristics (fingerprints, face, iris, retina or ears). Today, the term is also used as a synonym for “…
Also known as deportation or expulsion, an act following a decision by which a State orders the return of a non-national to his or her country of origin or to a third country after a refusal of admiss…
From the point of view of the country of origin, the action of leaving your country or official residence to settle in another country, so that the country of destination effectively becomes the new c…
Movement of people who have been forced or compelled to flee or leave their homes or places of normal residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, widesp…
An accelerated procedure for the admission into a country, on a temporary or permanent basis, of persons or groups of persons in need of protection, including but not limited to refugees, persons in s…
From the point of view of the country of arrival, a person who moves to a country other than that of his/her nationality or usual residence, so that the country of destination effectively becomes his/…
From the point of view of the country of arrival, it is the act of travelling to a country other than the country of nationality or habitual residence, so that the country of destination effectively b…
The international legal framework governing migration, consisting of the norms and principles of international law that apply to the movement of persons within or between countries and regulate the ju…
Stages of the migration process including departure, sometimes transit through a State’s territory, immigration to the destination country and return.
The number of international migrants arriving in a country (immigrants), or the number of international migrants leaving a country (emigrants) during a specific period.
The management and implementation, primarily by states through national systems or bilateral and multilateral cooperation, of the full range of activities relating to migration in all its aspects and…
Children, as defined in Article 1 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, who have been separated from both parents or their previous primary caregivers by law or custom, but not necessarily fro…
Children, as defined in Article 1 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, who have been separated from both parents and other close family members and are not in the care of an adult vested with…