The African Development Bank, (AfDB) on Monday convened its annual Africa Resilience Forum in Ivory Coast to discuss challenges of migration in Africa.
Some 300 participants drawn from academia, aid organizations, civil society, business and government representatives are taking part in the three-day event in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan.
Charles Boamah, African Development Bank Senior Vice-president says the forum seeks to find solutions and build resilient responses to the challenges of migration in Africa.
Asraf El Nour is the Director of the United Nations migration agency or IOM. He calls on African countries to harmonize policies to manage orderly movement of people.
According to the IOM 2018 World Migration report, more people are migrating to other countries and global displacement is at a record high.
The number of IDPs and refugees stands at over 40 million and 22 million respectively.
Thousands of Africans have died while trying to migrate to Europe or Asia through dangerous sea crossings in the hands of human traffickers.