This book discusses regional and continental integration in Africa by examining the management of migration across the continent. It examines borders and securitisation of migration and the challenges and opportunities that arise out of reconfigured continental demographics.

Inocent Moyo is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Zululand, South Africa. He researches borders, migration, development and regional integration, urban and cross border informal economies with a focus on Africa in general and the Southern African Development Community region specifically.

Jussi P. Laine is an associate Associate professor Professor of multidisciplinary border studies at the University of Eastern Finland and holds the title of Docent of Human Geography from the University of Oulu, Finland. Currently, he also serves as the President of the Association for Borderlands Studies.

Christopher Changwe Nshimbi is Director and DST/NRF (Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation) Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation, University of Pretoria. His current research focuses on migration, borders, regional integration, the informal economy and water resources management.

Part 1: Intra-Africa Migrations 1. Intra-Africa Migrations: An Introduction Part 2: Intra and Inter-Africa Migrations and Implications 2. Greener Grasses on the Other Side: The Border as a Facilitator of Migration Within West Africa 3. Unravelling the Nigerian Irregular Migration Quandary to Southern Europe in the Twenty-First Century 4. Irregular Emigration of Nigeria Youths: An Exploration of Core Drivers from the Perspective and Experiences of Returnee Migrants 5. Human Mobility in the Southern African Development Community Region: Some Best Practices for Migration Management From the European Union Part 3: African Physical and Symbolic Borders and the Migration Question 6. Precarity of Borders and Migration Regimes in the Southern African Region 7. Stereotyping and Regional Integration in the East African Community: Challenges and Opportunities 8. The Maghreb and Intra-African Migration: One Challenge and Different Strategies 9. Integration, Borders and Migration in West Africa: Lessons from European Schengen Area Part 4: Migration Governance in Africa: Prospects, Contests and Controversies 10. Migration, Governance, and Geopolitical Conflicts in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of the Moroccan Algerian Migration Policies 11. Regional Integration in Africa and the Welfare of Intra-African Migrants Part 5: Reimaging Borders and Migration Management in Africa 12. Reimaging Borders and Migration Management in Africa