Security threats to the phenomenon of illegal migration in the Sahel region of Africa: study on the international dimension

Abstract EN

The countries of the Sahel suffer from a security vacuum as a result of conflicts and ethnic and racial disputes for various reasons, which prompted their populations to resort to migration to the other.

Sahel countries in the search of an advanced social and economic status, by identifying the many restrictive measures to receive refugees and migrants by the countries of destination, it was natural to resort to illegal routes in order to escape the tragic situation surrounding this region through illegal migration.

this phenomenon has led to the arrangement of security risks, both at the regional level of some blocks, such as the European Union countries, as the country’s most vulnerable to illegal entries into their territory, and at the level of the international community as a whole, especially with regard to criminal activity, which has become one of the most important priorities of concern to it, given the dire effects of this phenomenon and its negative impact on the economic, political and security system of all States.