Over half of Africa’s young adults want to emigrate

Posted on AllSides June 20th, 2022
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Economic strife, insecurity, corruption, political intolerance, unreliable internet, and poor education systems are behind the desire of many African youth to relocate to Europe or the US.

To be exact, more than half of African youth aged between 18 and 24 are likely to consider emigrating in the next three years if their governments do nothing to improve the quality of their lives. This is according to the 2022 Africa Youth Survey (pdf) report by the Ichikowitz Family Foundation (IFF), released recently in celebration of the World Refugee Day on June 20.

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https://qz.com/africa/2179954/world-refugee-day-why-africas-youth-want-to-emigrate-to-europe-and-us/

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