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Harmonizing African Immigration for Regional Growth Africa 2027

Africa 2027 Conference

“Enhancing security, facilitating free movement and driving regional integration”

Three days at Sun City on immigration policy, legal harmonisation, border security and the future of mobility across the continent, proudly supported by Africa Pensions.

Scheduled dates (1)

  • 21 - 23 April 2027

    Sun City Convention Centre

    Sun City, South Africa

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Overview

Why this programme

Africa's integration agenda depends on immigration systems that work together. This conference brings ministries of home affairs, security agencies, regional economic communities, border technology leaders, civil society and international bodies together to move from shared vision to practical harmonisation.

Day 1 sets out the vision, policy frameworks and legal harmonisation: the AU Free Movement Protocol, the Migration Policy Framework for Africa, the role of the regional economic communities and the tension between continental ambition and national sovereignty.

Day 2 confronts the challenges and the solutions: border securitisation, institutional capacity, economic disparities and regional hubs, and lessons from the Africa-EU Migration, Mobility and Employment partnership. Day 3 turns to partnerships, people and the future of mobility, from addressing xenophobia and empowering vulnerable populations to using the AfCFTA framework to fast-track free movement.

Proudly supported by Africa Pensions.

Programme

  1. 01

    Day 1 · Wednesday 21 April - Vision, Policy Frameworks & Legal Harmonization

    • Keynote address: Shaping a positive narrative and eliminating barriers to safe international migration within Africa
    • Pan-African vision vs sovereign reality
    • Panel: Migration policy in the regional economic communities (RECs) and the role of the African Union in the free movement of people
    • Towards a harmonization of African immigration laws
    • Panel: Shifting from strictly reactive, securitized border controls to holistic governance
    • The effects of fragmented migration governance and poor implementation of regional agreements in Africa
    • Migration as a threat to national security rather than a shared regional challenge
    • Political instability and conflict as the primary drivers of immigration and forced displacement in Africa
  2. 02

    Day 2 · Thursday 22 April - The Challenges & The Solutions

    • The challenges of border securitization in managing undocumented migration in Africa
    • How anti-migrant protests risk economic blowback for Africa
    • Overcoming limited institutional capacity in African immigration systems and border control
    • The self-reinforcing loop: economic disparities, regional economic hubs, cross-border and internal migration
    • Revising the Africa-EU Migration, Mobility and Employment (MME) Partnership
    • Avoiding the EU's 'externalization' pitfalls in border management systems
  3. 03

    Day 3 · Friday 23 April - Partnerships, People & The Future of Mobility

    • Panel: How Europe outsourced border enforcement to Africa
    • Managing complex human mobility across the continent: the IOM Strategy for Africa (2025-2029), the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and the 2030 Agenda
    • Addressing the key drivers of public resistance to immigration in Africa
    • Panel: Developing an effective response to addressing xenophobia
    • Empowering the most vulnerable populations through immigration in Africa
    • Adopting the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) framework to fast-track free movement regimes
    • Panel: The future of African migration and mobility

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