Analysis of access to essential services for persons on the move in ECOWAS: A report on legal frameworks and barriers to freedom of movement, residence and establishment, and access to healthcare, education, employment, housing and legal assistance

Davy, Deanna (2020) Analysis of access to essential services for persons on the move in ECOWAS: A report on legal frameworks and barriers to freedom of movement, residence and establishment, and access to healthcare, education, employment, housing and legal assistance

Abstract

The research conducted for this report examined the situation of people on the move andessential rights and services available to them in 10 ECOWAS16 countries (Burkina Faso,The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone).The research focused on several populations of persons engaged in mixed movementsin the region; namely, migrants (including migrants in an irregular situation), refugees andasylum-seekers. This report seeks to address their legal rights to accessing essentialservices such as healthcare, education, employment opportunities, housing and legalassistance, while highlighting the protections and rights afforded to vulnerable groupssuch as children on the move and victims of trafficking. It also identifies legal and practicalbarriers, implementation gaps and other protection issues that impede persons on themove from accessing these services in the ECOWAS sub-region. It further examines theECOWAS Free Movement Protocol and impediments to realization of all three phases:entry, residence and establishment. The report concludes by setting forth priorityrecommendations to both government and non-governmental actors, including UnitedNations (UN) agencies, and also the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

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Author: Deanna Davy

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