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Migration in the South Atlantic Basin: Patterns, Governance, and Development
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2014-11-14 13:00:00
Migration in the South Atlantic Basin: Patterns, Governance, and Development
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Africa/Casablanca
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By Philip Martin Non-Resident Senior Transatlantic Fellow, GMF
11:00 - 13:30, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
This conference examines migration patterns in and between the two continents of the South Atlantic Basin — Africa and South America. It assesses migration governance and the migration provisions of regional economic integration agreements and explores the potential of migration and diasporas to accelerate economic development in the South Atlantic.
Related publication : Migration in the South Atlantic Basin: Patterns, Governance, and Development
Speakers
Philip Martin
Chair of the University of California’s Comparative Immigration and Integration Program, and editor of the monthly Migration News and the quarterly Rural Migration News.
Philip Martin received his degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1975. His research focuses on: immigration, farm labor, and economic development.
Martin is Chair of the University of California’s Comparative Immigration and Integration Program, and editor of the monthly Migration News and the quarterly Rural Migration News.
Martin has earned a reputation as an effective analyst who can develop practical solutions to complex and controversial migration and labor issues. In the U.S., he was the only academic appointed to the Commission on Agricultural Workers to assess the effects of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. He received UC Davis’ Distinguished Public Service award in 1994. Heassessed the prospects for Turkish migration to European Union bet ...
