Urban Mixed Migration: Nairobi Case Study

Danielle Botti, Melissa Philips, Erick Ochieng, Susan Wambui, Emma Wachira

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Abstract

This case study focuses on Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi which hosts a significant refugee and migrant population who choose to either settle permanently or transit through to other destinations in and out of the East Africa region. This study sets out to fill a gap in knowledge of migration in Nairobi and contribute to a growing body of literature on mixed migration in urban areas. It does this by offering an overview of the current mixed migration dynamics in the city and the national migration policy framework and by examining mixed migration dynamics within the capital using three thematic lenses: 1) Nairobi as a city of opportunities 2) Nairobi as city of risks, and 3) Nairobi during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationDenmark
PublisherMixed Migration Centre
Number of pages25
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Bibliographical note

© Paul James, Liam Magee and Thomas Honeck. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc-sa/4.0/

Keywords

  • emigration and immigration
  • refugees
  • government policy
  • Kenya
  • Nairobi (Kenya)

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