@article{ART003273435},
author={Jeong-Uk LEE},
title={Strategic Shifts in Youth Migration in West Africa- At the Crossroads of Regional Disintegration and Border Externalization -},
journal={Multi-cultural Society and Education Studies},
issn={2586-6206},
year={2025},
volume={21},
pages={51-73},
doi={10.22957/mses.21..202512.51}
TY - JOUR
AU - Jeong-Uk LEE
TI - Strategic Shifts in Youth Migration in West Africa- At the Crossroads of Regional Disintegration and Border Externalization -
JO - Multi-cultural Society and Education Studies
PY - 2025
VL - 21
IS - null
PB - Institute for Migration and Multicultural Studies
SP - 51
EP - 73
SN - 2586-6206
AB - This study analyzes how the weakening of free-movement regimes in ECOWAS and the AMU, together with the EU’s externalization of border control, has structurally reshaped youth migration in West Africa. Coups in the Sahel and institutional asymmetries within regional bodies have stalled governance, while Europe has tightened border closures and expulsions. As a result, young migrants seek new routes or remain and settle in transit zones, reorganizing their life strategies. Community organizing, digital information sharing, and informal survival practices have expanded, turning transit cities into strategic spaces of residence.
The study highlights how youth exercise agency despite precarious legal status, revealing the dynamic reconfiguration of life strategies beyond destination-focused analyses.
KW - youth migration;ECOWAS;AMU;externalization of borders;transit;cities;Survival strategy
DO - 10.22957/mses.21..202512.51
ER -
Jeong-Uk LEE. (2025). Strategic Shifts in Youth Migration in West Africa- At the Crossroads of Regional Disintegration and Border Externalization -. Multi-cultural Society and Education Studies, 21, 51-73.
Jeong-Uk LEE. 2025, "Strategic Shifts in Youth Migration in West Africa- At the Crossroads of Regional Disintegration and Border Externalization -", Multi-cultural Society and Education Studies, vol.21, pp.51-73. Available from: doi:10.22957/mses.21..202512.51
Jeong-Uk LEE "Strategic Shifts in Youth Migration in West Africa- At the Crossroads of Regional Disintegration and Border Externalization -" Multi-cultural Society and Education Studies 21 pp.51-73 (2025) : 51.
Jeong-Uk LEE. Strategic Shifts in Youth Migration in West Africa- At the Crossroads of Regional Disintegration and Border Externalization -. 2025; 21 51-73. Available from: doi:10.22957/mses.21..202512.51
Jeong-Uk LEE. "Strategic Shifts in Youth Migration in West Africa- At the Crossroads of Regional Disintegration and Border Externalization -" Multi-cultural Society and Education Studies 21(2025) : 51-73.doi: 10.22957/mses.21..202512.51
Jeong-Uk LEE. Strategic Shifts in Youth Migration in West Africa- At the Crossroads of Regional Disintegration and Border Externalization -. Multi-cultural Society and Education Studies, 21, 51-73. doi: 10.22957/mses.21..202512.51
Jeong-Uk LEE. Strategic Shifts in Youth Migration in West Africa- At the Crossroads of Regional Disintegration and Border Externalization -. Multi-cultural Society and Education Studies. 2025; 21 51-73. doi: 10.22957/mses.21..202512.51
Jeong-Uk LEE. Strategic Shifts in Youth Migration in West Africa- At the Crossroads of Regional Disintegration and Border Externalization -. 2025; 21 51-73. Available from: doi:10.22957/mses.21..202512.51
Jeong-Uk LEE. "Strategic Shifts in Youth Migration in West Africa- At the Crossroads of Regional Disintegration and Border Externalization -" Multi-cultural Society and Education Studies 21(2025) : 51-73.doi: 10.22957/mses.21..202512.51
