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Research Centre on Identity and Migration Issues University of Oradea RCIMI Journal of Identity and Migration Studies University of Oradea Publishing House Volume 11, number 1, May 2017 JOURNAL OF IDENTITY AND MIGRATION STUDIES The Journal of Identity and Migration Studies (JIMS) is an online open-access review published semi- annually under the auspices of the Research Centre on Identity and Migration Issues – RCIMI, from the Department of Political Science and Communication Sciences, University of Oradea, Romania. Director Lia Pop, University of Oradea, Romania Editor-In-Chief Cristina Matiuta, University of Oradea, Romania Deputy Editor-In-Chief Marius I. Tatar, University of Oradea, Romania Editorial Board Gabriel Badescu, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania Bernardo Cardinale, University of Teramo, Italy Radu Cinpoes, Kingston University, London, UK Vasile Cucerescu, Institute of International Relations, Chisinau Ioan Horga, University of Oradea, Romania Alexandru Ilies, University of Oradea, Romania Zaiga Krisjane, University of Latvia, Latvia Jan Wendt, University of Gdansk, Poland Luca Zarrilli, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy Assistant Editors Ioana Albu, University of Oradea, Romania Dan Apateanu, University of Oradea, Romania Alina Brihan, University of Oradea, Romania Gabriela Gaudenhooft, University of Oradea, Romania Ioan Laza, University of Oradea, Romania Irina Pop, University of Oradea, Romania The responsibility for the content of the contributions published in JIMS belongs exclusively to the authors. The views expressed in the articles and other contributions are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors of JIMS. JIMS - JOURNAL OF IDENTITY AND MIGRATION STUDIES Research Centre on Identity and Migration Issues - RCIMI Department of Political Science and Communication Science University of Oradea Address: Str. Traian Blajovici nr. 2 Oradea, 410238 Romania Tel./Fax: +40 259 408 167 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Website: www.jims.e-migration.ro Copyright © JIMS, 2017. No parts of this publication can be reproduced without the written permission of the editors. ISSN 1843 – 5610 Journal of Identity and Migration Studies Volume 11, number 1, 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS THEMATIC ARTICLES: FACETS OF MIGRATION IN AFRICA ........................................... 2 Internal Conflicts and Forced Migration in Nigeria: A Historical Perspective, Samson Adesola ADESOTE ....................................................................................... 2 Back Home at Last! Factors Influencing Return and Reintegration of Ghanaian Returnees, Mary Boatemaa SETRANA .................................................................. 27 Motivations for Remitting Behaviour of Zimbabwean Migrants in Johannesburg, Chipo HUNGWE ..................................................................................................... 47 RESEARCH ARTICLES .................................................................................................. 65 A Multilevel Analysis of Anti-Immigrant Sentiments in France, Viviana ANDREESCU ........................................................................................................... 65 The Politics of Presence: Immigrant Representation in the Swedish Parliament, Gunnhildur Lily MAGNUSDOTTIR........................................................................... 98 The Integration of Refugees into Host Country Labor Markets: Barriers and Best Practices in the EU, Andreea Florentina NICOLESCU ........................................... 118 POLICY PAPERS ........................................................................................................ 135 The Development of a Common European Immigration Policy, Stylianos KOSTAS ................................................................................................................ 135 On the Human Rights of Refugees and Immigrants, Homification and Immigration Policy, Tero AUVINEN .......................................................................................... 159 BOOK REVIEWS ........................................................................................................ 182 John B. Judis, The Populist Explosion. How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics, New York: Columbia Global Reports, 2016, 182 pages, review by Cristina MATIUTA ..................................................................... 182 Michael Collyer, Franck Duwell, and Irina Molodikova (eds) Transit Migration in Europe, IMISCOE Research, Amsterdam University Press, 246 pages, ISBN 9789089646491, review by Sanja TEPAVCEVIC ................................................... 186 Swen Hutter, Edgar Grande and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.), Politicising Europe: Integration and Mass Politics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1-107-12941-2 (hbk), 340 pages, review by Marius Ioan TĂTAR ........ 190 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS ..................................................................................... 196 1 Journal of Identity and Migration Studies Volume 11, number 1, 2017 THEMATIC ARTICLES: FACETS OF MIGRATION IN AFRICA Internal Conflicts and Forced Migration in Nigeria: A Historical Perspective Samson Adesola ADESOTE Abstract. In historical perspective, internal conflicts in Nigeria spanned through three distinct epochs: pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial. The resultant effect of each historical epoch of internal conflicts was forced migration. The major thrust of this paper is the historical analysis of the post-colonial internal conflicts, with major emphasis on the Fourth Republic, and forced migration. It argues that since 1960, the eruption of varying types of violent internal conflicts have exacted a heavy toll on the country’s society, polity and economies, hindering her developmental potentials and democratic possibilities. Since the birth of the Fourth Republic in 1999, the Nigerian nation has continued to experience an upsurge of violent conflicts, which have taken terror dimensions, resulting in the killing of many people, large-scale internal population displacement, refugee production, wanton destruction of property, capital flight and so on. For instance, in November 2007, Nigeria was included among the seventeen countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, which were described as the world’s most fragile states. The paper, therefore, submits that in order to save the fragility of Nigerian state from collapsing, the adoption of a holistic and pragmatic approach in addressing the growing challenge of internal conflicts in the 21st century is fundamental. It concludes that it will be practically impossible to achieve any meaningful development in a war-torn society. Keywords: forced migration, internal conflicts, Nigeria Introduction Nigeria, a country with diverse culture, ethnic groups and religion could be best described as a pluralistic society. The pluralistic nature of Nigerian society has been one of the major problems responsible for unhealthy relationship among different ethnic groups living in it. One of the resultant effects of this development is perennial internal conflicts. Major forms of generalised violent conflicts that have been identified as the main determinants of forced migration in Nigeria since 2 Internal Conflicts and Forced Migration in Nigeria JIMS - Volume 11, number 1, 2017 independence include civil war, ethno-religious, indigene-settler syndrome and political conflicts. Arguably, forced migration remains one of the worst scourges that have continued to torment mankind. Thus, the socio-political history of Nigeria is marked by forced displacement of people both within and outside the country’s boundary. Meanwhile, the causes and consequences of forced displacement of population in the country are differently experienced in time perspective. Most importantly, the forced movement of population in the country since 1960, which was mainly caused by violent conflicts had been accompanied by untold sufferings, hardship, violations of human rights, economic backwardness and had exacted a heavy toll the country’s society, polity and economies, robbing her of her developmental potentials and democratic possibilities. The history of post-independence Nigeria, especially since the birth of the Fourth Republic, has been blighted by virulent conflicts of varying typologies. These conflicts, which have taken different dimensions, durations, scales and intensities triggered as a result of a combination of factors. Arguably, the systematic and overlapping patterns of inequality in the country could serve as breeding grounds for conflict. Adepoju explains that these conflicts find their roots in economic factors.1 In all, the factors responsible for different typologies of conflicts in Nigeria range from historical animosities and colonial legacies, to ones rooted in the complexity of post-colonial realities, forces of globalisation and global governance and external agencies. Although there are significant literature on the history of conflicts and its devastating effects in Nigeria, majority of them focus mainly on the period before the birth of the Fourth Republic. Meanwhile, the nature and dimension of violent conflicts and its socio-economic effects since 1999, which was unprecedented has not been adequately interrogated by historians. The various perennial violence conflicts of the 21st century Nigeria, which are associated with ethnicity, religious fundamentalism, economic marginalisation among others