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Sep 16, 2006 Africa: Migration and Rights
Chartered planes started flying illegal African immigrants back
from Spain to Senegal last week, resuming a repatriation program
aimed at stemming the flow of immigrants to this southern European
country. But judging by experience, the return is unlikely to stop
thousands of others from risking their lives in small boats to
reach the Canary Islands from the West African coast, or finding
other perilous ways of reaching the European continent.
Sep 16, 2006 Africa: Migration and Development
"[The] potential benefits [from international migration] are larger
than the potential gains from freer international trade,
particularly for developing countries," notes an extensive recent
United Nations report on migration. But while the liberalization of
the flow of goods and capital continues to increase, restrictions
on the movement of people are leading to thousands of deaths in
border areas such as the U.S. southwest desert and the sea routes
between Africa and Europe.
Sep 10, 2006 Africa: Africa's Lakes
"For now, the future of Lake Chad does indeed look bleak. With a
high population growth rate, pressures on water resources in the
lake basin will invariably continue. While in the past Lake Chad
has been able to rebound from low to high water levels, climate
change and people's water use may now act in concert to block the
natural forces of recovery." - atlas of Africa's Lakes
Sep 10, 2006 Africa: Environmental Threats/Opportunities
Many of Africa's ecosystems are not just serving the region, but
the whole world, for example, through the carbon soaking value of
tropical forests. This alone probably equals or exceeds the current
or exceeds the current level of international aid being provided to
developing countries.
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