“Throwing big bags of money at a country embroiled in a civil war is not the solution to a migration issue,” says Sophie in 't Veld in a blog post published on the website of The Guardian. Individual EU countries cannot cope with migration flows by themselves, but Europe can as a whole. She says that Europe needs a realistic plan to tackle illegal migration. Read on

One of the largest population basins is on the Niger-Nigeria border. If border delays were reduced by one hour, the Hausa border markets could potentially reach an additional 44 million people. Read on

On 16 May, the Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat (SWAC/OECD) participated in an EU InfoPoint session in Brussels on "Food security: at the heart of demographic, migration and security challenges". The session was organised together with the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development of the European Commission. SWAC’s presentation recalled that the challenges facing food security in West Africa should not be overshadowed by the resurgence of demographic, migration and security concerns on the international agenda. Read on

Three sub-regional migration areas: Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria make up the two main poles of migration in the region. They are the main receiving countries for emigrants from neighbouring countries. Senegal and Gambia make up a third pole of migration. Read on