Politiques de développement rural et migration internationale des jeunes de la région de Kolda (Sénégal)
Despite its long tradition of agricultural development and relative socio-political stability (not affected by the Casamance conflict), the Kolda region has become a departure area for international migration in recent years. This article examines the situation of young people in the Kolda region in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography
2024-05-01
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| Series: | Belgeo |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/67863 |
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| Summary: | Despite its long tradition of agricultural development and relative socio-political stability (not affected by the Casamance conflict), the Kolda region has become a departure area for international migration in recent years. This article examines the situation of young people in the Kolda region in relation to rural development policies and the way in which these policies contribute to migration, with particular emphasis on the geographical context. It is based on quantitative data from the Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie and qualitative data collected in 2020 in the region. The analysis reveals that young people's difficulties in accessing agricultural land, their marginalisation in the activities of the weekly market in Diaobé and the trap of cotton production closing in on them, have led to disillusionment. These disillusionment factors, combined with the mixed results of agricultural development programmes, led to migration. With European borders closed and internal and sub-regional migration devalued, Libya - once a destination for labour migration during Gaddafi's reign, now a transit country for so-called irregular migration to Europe - continues to polarise migratory flows. |
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| ISSN: | 1377-2368 2294-9135 |