Two themes have been central to global security debates over the past few years: migration and violent extremism. These two phenomena are happening at the same time and are consequently often conflated, but are they really related?
In East Africa, there is yet no empirical evidence that confirms any direct link between migration and violent extremism, says Dr Simon Nyambura, director of the Intergovernmental Agency on Development's Center of Excellence for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism. He says when taken within the context of the masses of people migrating, 'those who engage in violent extremism are statistically insignificant'.
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