ABSTRACT
The recent upsurge in issues of migration has become thorny and a subject of discourse in various climes. Despite increasing efforts of various regional governments at mitigating it, contemporary migration trends and border polices are largely restrictive and still fail to meet the objectives of curtailing migration flow across borders. This paper addresses human migration and the challenges associated therein for both Africa and Europe within the context of Africa’s poorly managed borders. Highlighting the need for effective intelligence sharing and a robust information technology-driven border management, the chapter further argues that contemporary social issues occasioned by trafficking, mixed flow, trans-border organized crime, asylum crisis, dearth of data/statistics, and the vulnerability of irregular migration has threatened the security architecture in the African continent, with remote implications for Europe as well. The chapter concludes that regional, continental, and global commitments and migration policies, coupled with intense exchanges of intelligence and information technology between Africa and Europe are germane to effectively address the menace of migrants in Africa.
