Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce “Backway” Migration from The Gambia ?

Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce “Backway” Migration from The Gambia ?

Irregular migration from West Africa to Europe across the Sahara and Mediterranean is extremely risky for migrants and a key policy concern. A cluster-randomized experiment with 3,641 young men from 391 settlements in The Gambia is used to test thr...

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Main Authors: Bah, Tijan L, Batista, Catia, Gubert, Flore, Mckenzie, David
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:
IRREGULAR MIGRATION
MIGRATION DETERRENCE
INFORMATION INTERVENTIONS,
INFORMATION INTERVENTIONS
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
CASH TRANSFER
IRREGULAR MIGRATION DANGERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099548008222219454/IDU044e4c11c01f53041f408aec06a6adb79c705
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spelling okr-10986-379112022-08-23T05:10:41Z Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce “Backway” Migration from The Gambia ? Bah, Tijan L Batista, Catia Gubert, Flore Mckenzie, David IRREGULAR MIGRATION MIGRATION DETERRENCE INFORMATION INTERVENTIONS, INFORMATION INTERVENTIONS VOCATIONAL TRAINING CASH TRANSFER IRREGULAR MIGRATION DANGERS Irregular migration from West Africa to Europe across the Sahara and Mediterranean is extremely risky for migrants and a key policy concern. A cluster-randomized experiment with 3,641 young men from 391 settlements in The Gambia is used to test three approaches to reducing risky migration: providing better information and testimonials about the risks of the journey, facilitating migration to a safer destination by providing information and assistance for migration to Dakar, and offering vocational skill training to enhance domestic employment opportunities. Current migration to Senegal was increased by both the Dakar facilitation and vocational training treatments, partially crowding out internal migration. The vocational training treatment reduced intentions to migrate the backway and the number of steps taken toward moving. However, the backway migration rate from The Gambia collapsed, even in the control group, resulting in no space for a treatment effect on irregular migration from any of the three interventions. 2022-08-22T19:36:50Z 2022-08-22T19:36:50Z 2022-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099548008222219454/IDU044e4c11c01f53041f408aec06a6adb79c705 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37911 English en Policy Research Working Papers;10146 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Gambia, The
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English
topic IRREGULAR MIGRATION
MIGRATION DETERRENCE
INFORMATION INTERVENTIONS,
INFORMATION INTERVENTIONS
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
CASH TRANSFER
IRREGULAR MIGRATION DANGERS
spellingShingle IRREGULAR MIGRATION
MIGRATION DETERRENCE
INFORMATION INTERVENTIONS,
INFORMATION INTERVENTIONS
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
CASH TRANSFER
IRREGULAR MIGRATION DANGERS
Bah, Tijan L
Batista, Catia
Gubert, Flore
Mckenzie, David
Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce “Backway” Migration from The Gambia ?
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relation Policy Research Working Papers;10146
description Irregular migration from West Africa to Europe across the Sahara and Mediterranean is extremely risky for migrants and a key policy concern. A cluster-randomized experiment with 3,641 young men from 391 settlements in The Gambia is used to test three approaches to reducing risky migration: providing better information and testimonials about the risks of the journey, facilitating migration to a safer destination by providing information and assistance for migration to Dakar, and offering vocational skill training to enhance domestic employment opportunities. Current migration to Senegal was increased by both the Dakar facilitation and vocational training treatments, partially crowding out internal migration. The vocational training treatment reduced intentions to migrate the backway and the number of steps taken toward moving. However, the backway migration rate from The Gambia collapsed, even in the control group, resulting in no space for a treatment effect on irregular migration from any of the three interventions.
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author Bah, Tijan L
Batista, Catia
Gubert, Flore
Mckenzie, David
author_facet Bah, Tijan L
Batista, Catia
Gubert, Flore
Mckenzie, David
author_sort Bah, Tijan L
title Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce “Backway” Migration from The Gambia ?
title_short Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce “Backway” Migration from The Gambia ?
title_full Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce “Backway” Migration from The Gambia ?
title_fullStr Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce “Backway” Migration from The Gambia ?
title_full_unstemmed Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce “Backway” Migration from The Gambia ?
title_sort can information and alternatives to irregular migration reduce “backway” migration from the gambia ?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2022
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099548008222219454/IDU044e4c11c01f53041f408aec06a6adb79c705
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