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NL Blogs from Tunisia 4: Equal partnerships around the world
FMS researcher Anne is in Tunisia to talk about migration. Why do people want to migrate? How do they see their future? And what policy could be implemented to prevent irregular migration? Read her newest story here!
Blogs from Tunisia 3: Reform needed in Tunisia: but how?
FMS researcher Anne is in Tunisia to talk about migration. Why do people want to migrate? How do they see their future? And how can irregular migration be prevented? Read her newest story here!
Blogs from Tunisia 2: Protesting in Tunisia
FMS researcher Anne is in Tunisia to talk about migration. Why do people want to migrate? How do they see their future? And how can irregular migration be prevented? Read her newest story here!
Blogs from Tunisia 1: On my way to... Tunisia
After spending four weeks in Accra, Ghana, it's time for my next field trip. I'm going to Tunisia! Will there be a big difference with Ghana when discussing migration? Or do both countries have a relatively similar perspectives on migration? This, I want to find out in the coming month.
A project of connection
Interview with Amsterdam-Ethiopian journalist Kibret Mekonnen
We had coffee with journalist and documentary filmmaker Kibret Mekonnen, one of the workshop organisers of Africa Day 2019. Twenty years ago, he came from Ethiopia to the Netherlands. The conditions for practising journalism there had become unbearable. "A week before leaving for the Netherlands, I was still in prison," Kibret tells us in his office in Amsterdam.
Volunteers wanted for Africa Day 2019!
On 13 April, Africa Day 2019 will take place at the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam. As every year, there will be an extensive cultural programme and visitors will engage directly with politicians, professionals and each other in dozens of political debates, workshops and lectures. To top it off, the day will end with the "Africa at Night" afterparty. To make this day another great success, we need the help of enthusiastic volunteers. Every year, around a hundred volunteers help out. We will deploy you on different tasks, where you will always get a lot of the atmosphere of this day.
Kinshasa, a city of 12 million opportunities
With great ambition in my suitcases, I land in the capital Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Saturday 17 November 2018. A city of 12 million women, men and children. I will stay here until 30 December.
You can look at this city in two ways. You can say: 'it's a chaotic city where nothing works'. You can also look beyond that chaos and say: 'I see 12 million possibilities and opportunities here'. And the latter is my attitude.
Expert meeting on migration at the IISH
On Wednesday 19 December, we organised an expert meeting on migration at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, as part of the African Perspectives study, to include the perspectives of young people in Africa in the discussion on migration. Why do they want to migrate, or why not? Present were around 20 experts on migration, from different organisations. They gave input on the research our researcher Anne conducted in Ghana. It was a very useful and instructive afternoon, and the input will certainly be used in the rest of the research. We thank all participants for their contribution, and the IISH for their hospitality!
Blogs from Ghana 5: Back in the Netherlands
FMS researcher Anne is in Ghana to talk about migration. Why do people want to migrate? How do they see their future? And what policy could be implemented to prevent irregular migration? Read her newest story here!
What is migration?
When we speak about migration, we often talk about refugees and migrants at the same time. But what are the differences? And what is migration exactly? Migration is a very complex and multifaceted phenomenon. The words 'migration' and 'migrants' are collective terms which include many variations such as; refugees, labour migrants, forced migrants, displaced persons.
