If we must retain one constant in the international context that prevailed in 2017, it is the incessant and always politically oriented debate on what "the international community" recognizes as the "migration crisis". This crisis would be characterized in particular by the massive influx of young migrants from the countries of the southern Mediterranean and the war-torn Middle East. Yet we know that people move much more within Africa than they do across the Mediterranean.

Through its international network active in more than 120 countries, ISS has been able to respond to the real needs of thousands of separated and/or unaccompanied families and children. In West Africa, the crystallisation of humanitarian passions linked to migration has led to an unprecedented rush of the international community, agencies and NGOs to the gates of the Sahel, particularly in Niger... Read more by downloading the report here.