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Switch editorYou have switched to source editingCloseYou can switch back to visual editing at any time by clicking on this icon.Visual editingSource editingMorePreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text== Migration == In 2018,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ilo.org/africa/areas-of-work/labour-migration/policy-frameworks/WCMS_671953/lang--en/index.htm |title=The AU Free Movement of Persons Protocol |date=17 February 2019 |access-date=9 March 2020 |archive-date=18 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218114854/https://www.ilo.org/africa/areas-of-work/labour-migration/policy-frameworks/WCMS_671953/lang--en/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> the African Union adopted the Free Movement Protocol.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://theconversation.com/how-the-free-movement-of-people-could-benefit-africa-92057 |title=How the free movement of people could benefit Africa |date=14 March 2018 |access-date=9 March 2020 |archive-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219062812/http://theconversation.com/how-the-free-movement-of-people-could-benefit-africa-92057 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20190611/consultative-meeting-parliamentarians-east-african-community-and-economic |title=AU protocol on free movement is a watershed moment for Africa; EALA and ECOWAS legislators' meeting kicks off |access-date=9 March 2020 |archive-date=11 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711192058/https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20190611/consultative-meeting-parliamentarians-east-african-community-and-economic |url-status=live }}</ref> This protocol allows for free movement of people between countries that are part of the African Union. Article 14 of the Protocol to the treaty establishing the African economic community relating to the free movement of persons, right of residence, and the right of establishment discusses the free movement of workers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://au.int/sites/default/files/treaties/36403-treaty-protocol_on_free_movement_of_persons_in_africa_e.pdf |title=Protocol to the treaty establishing the african economic community relating to the free movement of persons, right of residence and right of establishment |access-date=9 March 2020 |archive-date=13 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313145030/https://au.int/sites/default/files/treaties/36403-treaty-protocol_on_free_movement_of_persons_in_africa_e.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The African Union also has a Migration Policy Framework for Africa (MPFA).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/64184.html |title=Support to the African Union on migration and displacement |access-date=9 March 2020 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804060224/https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/64184.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Forced displacement of people and groups has also been an area of focus for the AU—over thirty states have ratified the [[Kampala Convention]], the only continental treaty focusing on internally displaced persons in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://au.int/en/treaties/african-union-convention-protection-and-assistance-internally-displaced-persons-africa|title=African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) | African Union|website=au.int|access-date=10 September 2023|archive-date=1 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801180953/https://au.int/en/treaties/african-union-convention-protection-and-assistance-internally-displaced-persons-africa|url-status=live}}</ref> Beginning in 2016, the African Union introduced continent-wide passports.<ref name="passport">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/07/01/the-opposite-of-brexit-african-union-launches-an-all-africa-passport/ |title=The Opposite of Brexit: African Union Launches an All-Africa Passport |last=Frugé |first=Anne |date=1 July 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=7 July 2016 |archive-date=5 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705220044/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/07/01/the-opposite-of-brexit-african-union-launches-an-all-africa-passport/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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