Stakeholders dialogues progress on ratifying AU’s free movement of persons protocol
Government officials, migration experts, diaspora representatives, private sector actors, civil society, and youth leaders have gathered in Mombasa, Kenya, to press for concrete progress on ratifying the African Union’s Free Movement of Persons Protocol.
The two-day meeting, jointly convened by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC), brought together stakeholders to review and validate a report titled “Enhancing Free Movement of Persons and Pathways for Labour Mobility and Skills Portability in Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia.”
The project forms part of a wider effort to reshape the narrative around migration in Africa and remove existing mobility barriers, with funding support from the Government of Italy, according to ECA release shared with the...