More than one in three Africans have considered emigrating.
For those who do leave, it is not to Europe or North America that most go to, but another African country.People who say they are considering emigrating mostly want to stay within their region (29%) or go elsewhere in Africa (7%). For those saying they want to leave the continent, Europe (27%) and North America (22%) were the next biggest destinations.
But citizens of African countries still need a visa to travel to more than half of the continent's 54 countries, protecting borders drawn up by European colonisers more than a century ago.
"Looking for work" and "escaping poverty and economic hardship" were the biggest factors for wanting to emigrate in almost all of the 34 countries surveyed, accounting for 44% and 29% respectively.
One in five depend at least "a little bit" on cash payments sent to them from another country. A quarter of those surveyed say someone in their family has lived in another country during the past three years.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47705944
For those who do leave, it is not to Europe or North America that most go to, but another African country.People who say they are considering emigrating mostly want to stay within their region (29%) or go elsewhere in Africa (7%). For those saying they want to leave the continent, Europe (27%) and North America (22%) were the next biggest destinations.
But citizens of African countries still need a visa to travel to more than half of the continent's 54 countries, protecting borders drawn up by European colonisers more than a century ago.
"Looking for work" and "escaping poverty and economic hardship" were the biggest factors for wanting to emigrate in almost all of the 34 countries surveyed, accounting for 44% and 29% respectively.
One in five depend at least "a little bit" on cash payments sent to them from another country. A quarter of those surveyed say someone in their family has lived in another country during the past three years.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47705944
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