Causes of Irregular Migration, Institutional and Legal Responses, Political Crisis in Ethiopia and the Measures Taken by the Laureates Noble Peace Winner Abiy Ahmed

Gutema Adem; Idris Ebrahim

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Causes of Irregular Migration, Institutional and Legal Responses, Political Crisis in Ethiopia and the Measures Taken by the Laureates Noble Peace Winner Abiy Ahmed

Gutema Adem, Idris Ebrahim

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This article examined the fundamental causes of irregular migration in Ethiopia and the legal and institutional response of the government against human trafficking and smuggling. Though the world are in the era of irregular migration, migration is not simply situation of safe paradise without any risk to states, global communities and to human security and dignity of migrants. Accordingly the fundamental causes of irregular migration in Ethiopia are diverse, structural and inter locked. Poverty, unemployment, political crisis, social network connection, poorly enforcement of the existing law and legal gap, violation of democratic rights, corruption, unlawful arrest and detention, biased and partisan administrative, discriminatory service provision and unfair judicial system are taken as the principal driving factors for irregular migration in Ethiopia. As result of the aforementioned factors, Ethiopia the cradle of human being, today named as cradle for human trafficking and smuggling pursuing profit seeking and cheap labour for inexpensive and convenient servitude. Thus, correcting this disparity of structural and social injustice in Ethiopia is central to tackling poverty and inequality. To reduce the threat of shocks as result of poverty, individuals and governments must seek to enhance people’s security: not the militarized version of security that has dominated public debate in recent two years under the regime of Ethiopian primister colonel Abiy Ahmed, but a more comprehensive human version, taking the insecurity and anxiety ridden experience of living in poverty as its starting point. Thus, the researcher recommended that guaranteeing security in this way means strengthens poor, humiliated and dissatisfied Ethiopian ability to survive shocks and increases their chances of escaping g from poverty in general, and irregular migration in particular.

Published in	English Language, Literature & Culture (Volume 5, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ellc.20200504.11
Page(s)	124-131
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Irregular Migration, Causes, Legal and Institutional Responses, Political Crisis and Neo-Naftegna

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Gutema Adem

Department of Civics and ethical studies, College of Social Science and Humanities, Madda Walabu University, Robe, Ethiopia
Idris Ebrahim

Department of Sociology, College of Social Science and Humanities, Madda Walabu University, Robe, Ethiopia

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