Africa: The Protocol to the Treaty Instituting the African Economic Community (Aec) On the Free Movement of People in Africa

16 November 2017
opinion

The draft protocol on the free movement of persons in Africa, once adopted by the Assembly of the Union in January 2018, will be a powerful tool in the hands of Africans to accelerate the integration process of the continent as reflected in Aspiration 2 of the African Union Agenda 2063.

From 16 to 21 October 2017 experts and ministers of member states of the Africa Union in charge of immigration and forced displacement (refugees, repatriates and displaced persons) met in Kigali (Rwanda) to examine, in the capacity of a technical committee (TC) on migration, refugees and persons, the draft Protocol to the Treaty Instituting the African Economic Community on the free movement of people in Africa.

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