Crossing Boundaries

Internal, Regional and International Migration in Cameroon

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9952829
AutoresBlessing Mberu (0000-0002-6188-196X, African Population and Health Research Center, autor correspondente), Blessing Uchenna Mberu, Roland Pongou (0000-0003-3567-4219, University of Ottawa)
Ano2012
Volume54
Fascículo1
Páginas100-118
Data de publicação2012-05-23
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2435.2012.00766.x
OpenAlexW2108103938
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas45

Internal and international migration increasingly continues to be of global importance for development policies and programmes, but the dearth of data on migration for African countries and the limited focus on the structural conditions that motivate migration from specific localities within the region remain glaring. In this study, we examine the patterns and drivers of migration in Cameroon, focusing on the dynamics of rural–urban migration, migrant circulation, regional economic migrants and refugees, international migration, brain drain and returns from emigration. Consequent upon regional conflicts and instability, we highlight the refugee problem in Cameroon and significant challenges in addressing it. Finally, we underscore the policy and research challenges necessary to harness the potentials of internal and international migration for national development

Brain drain · Developing country · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Emigration · Geography · Human migration · Internal migration · Political science · Population · Refugee · Sociology · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Demography · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration