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For over a decade, the theme of emigration occupies the international agenda. Since the onset
of the "crisis of the canoes", ie when, from 2003, more than 33 000 Sub-Saharan landed in
canoes to the Canary Islands, this issue concerns Europeans policymakers. Moreover, the
Libyan and Syrian crises have exacerbated the problem of migration, throwing on the roads of
the exile thousands of people fleeing war, also landed in Europe.
These flows of immigrants and refugees, and the incidents that marred their arrival triggered a
wave of xenophobia, and forced the European Union to adopt security measures and a strategy
of "containment".
However, in Africa, especially in countries of the Economic Union and West African Monetary,
the immigration issue is a matter of survival, given the large financial flows transferred by
migrants, and support than they bring to households and the economy. Furthermore, the
International Assistance and External Direct Investments are no longer safe and sufficient
resources to finance economic programs in Africa, due to their volatility, but also the enormous
financing requirements.
Therefore, Africans policymakers must adopt innovative strategies to increase the level of
transfers, but also to direct them towards productive investment.
