In this podcast Evan Awuni, a #MMN Disapora Mentor from Ghana living in Germany, talks about his experiences applying for scholarships in order to study in Germany. He has a lot of good advice for the listener on how to proceed and to never give up.
This podcast is a r0g_agency production and is funded by the German Federal Foreign Ministry, the Auswärtiges Amt.
In this 3rd Episode of the #MMN Ghana Podcast series, young Ghanaians Jude, Ernest, and Steve share their personal rich experiences with entrepreneurship in Ghana and Germany. This is primarily meant to encourage other young people to identify and harness livelihood opportunities around them, as positive alternatives to irregular migration. All three young entrepreneurs, currently based in Germany, serve on the MMN project as Diaspora Mentors. The podcast shares valuable information on educational opportunities, environmental and agricultural business opportunities, and tips on making the most from regular migration.
This podcast is a r0g_agency production and is funded by the German Federal Foreign Ministry, the Auswärtiges Amt.Talks
In this second episode from Ghana, host Ebenezer Dwomoh talks to two returnees from the Bono East Region about their experiences and hardship of irregularly migrating to Italy through the desert and the mediterranean sea.
This podcast is a r0g_agency production and is funded by the German Federal Foreign Ministry, the Auswärtiges Amt.
Introducing the first episode of our #MMN_Voices podcast series.
In this episode, host Ebenezer Dwomoh talks to Ghana’s local #MMN coordinators Rhoda Wedem, Peter Narh, Emmanuel Korsah, Sabina Abuga, and James Oboade. They discuss the aim of the #MMN project in Ghana.
This podcast is a r0g_agency production and is funded by the German Federal Foreign Ministry, the Auswärtiges Amt.
In this 7th and last #MMN_diaspora talks Gambia episode for this year, Nyima Camara is in conversation with Sheriff Junior about her way of migrating to Germany regularly, her educational achievements as well as the challenges she faced. She emphasizes the advantage of regular migration taken from her own experience and that of other migrants she has met. Nyima stayed in Germany for over 10 years before returning to The Gambia where she now works and lives.
This podcast is a r0g_agency production by Sheriff Bojang Jr. The #MMN project is funded by the German Federal Foreign Ministry, the Auswärtiges Amt.
Our 6th episode of the #MMN _Voices Gambia Diaspora talks titled: From Germany With Love: Story of a Regular Migrant Who Took Film Creativity Home, Sheriff Junior talks to Prince Bubacarr Aminata Sankanu, a Gambian filmmaker, about his life, his experience in Germany, and his immense contribution to Gambia’s film industry.
This podcast is a r0g_agency production by Sheriff Bojang Jr. The #MMN project is funded by the German Federal Foreign Ministry, the Auswärtiges Amt.
by Dr.rer.nat. Cosmas Kombat Lambini, #MMN Ghana Migration Advisor – Germany
The United Nations General Assembly, taking into account the ever-increasing number of migrants in the world, proclaimed 18 December as International Migrants’ Day on 4th December, 2000. The day is also celebrated globally in honour of the adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families in 1990. This commemoration further reminds us of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaiming all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
This blog article seeks to highlight the significance of harnessing the potential of human mobility – The theme of this year’s Migrants Day.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that over 272 million people are currently living outside their country of origin representing 3.5% of the world population.
The importance of human mobility can therefore not be underestimated as the rate of migration keeps increasing astronomically. Available evidence shows that more humans are mobile in this age and time than ever before in history partly due to advances in transportation. Human mobility and connectivity are even made easier and faster due to advances in digital technology and the way migration information is shared through social media and other digital platforms.
Human mobility and migration in general are not a bad thing as this is inherently part of our history as Homo Sapiens. It is increasingly clear that even in the Covid 19 pandemic and in the wake of alarming climate risks the rate of human mobility keeps soaring globally.
The numerous youth from African countries who on a daily bases risk their lives to cross the Mediterranean and Atlantic oceans to Europe demonstrates this point that we cannot completely stop human mobility.
Today’s celebration of Migrants should serve as an opportunity to reflect on Human Mobility and how decision makers, Governments, Non-Governmental Organisations, private sector actors, academia, and people’s movement could harness the potential of mobility by appreciating the enormous contributions of migrants’ knowledge, networks, skills, and cultures to reaching the Sustainable Development Goals and strengthening resilience of our global society rather than the often negativity and prejudice associated with migration especially in the global north by some section of the population.
One key solution to harnessing this potential of migration is by advocating for free choice to migrate. This free will should be based on equitable distribution of economic opportunities among youth and vulnerable groups who are mostly prone to migrate and affirming to our common commitment to safer and dignified mobility for all people. This might sound as a mirage but if there is equity in distribution and local economic opportunities are provided to most youth, this could go a long way to change human mobility narrative especially in most African countries.
A key driver of human mobility in our digital world is the use of social media in spreading false and fake information to potential migrants. Harnessing the potential of human mobility should start with providing reliable migration information to migrants to freely choose to safely migrate and promoting economic, social and political opportunities to the youth who are mostly at the centre of human mobility.
The #MMN project is one example of a sustainable project that seeks to enhance safer human mobility and creating economic opportunities for potential migrants to decide to migrate or not migrate based on available local opportunities.
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