The European Union’s Migration and Asylum Policy: Perspectives of African migrants in Europe

• Authors: Mudoh Polycap Mudoh

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of this study was to investigate the European Union (EU) Migration and Asylum Policy, a perspective of African migrants in Europe. Attempts were made to identify the perception of Africans in the EU on its migration and Asylum policy and assess whether the policy encourages migration and Asylum in the EU. To achieve this, descriptive survey was employed and questionnaires were administered to 100 respondents in Europe from different African countries. The data collected using the online questionnaires were analyzed using percentage, mean and standard deviations. From the results, it was concluded that immigration into the EU is undertaken by male citizens of most African countries especially at their youthful ages driven by the need to pursue education and job opportunities. Their stay in the EU breeds the desire (positive perception and desire) to obtain either work status or EU nationality. Many of them desire to be integrated into the host countries rather than repatriated to their countries. Finally, most of them greatly esteem the EU migration and asylum policy and prefer to stay within the EU than be resettled or repatriated, according to the new EU Pact policy.

Keywords

EN

European Union; Migration; Asylum Policy; African migrant

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Reality of Politics
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 23
• Pages: 85-98

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Mudoh Polycap Mudoh

• University of Szczecin

• https://orcid.org/0000000346434712

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/rop2023106

Biblioteka Nauki

2233960