Examining the Implications of the East African Community Strategies on Irregular Migration Governance

Abstract

In recent decades, governance of irregular migration has attracted the interests of many Regional Economic Communities (RECs). This is due to the impacts that irregular migration causes on individual states' social, economic and political sectors and beyond. While the East African Community (EAC) Treaty and the Protocol on Peace and Security list some mechanisms for governing irregular migration, some critical structural and policy reforms at both Community and Partner States level are necessary for implementing such strategies.
This paper examines the implications of the EAC strategies on the Community and Partner States on irregular migration governance as contained in the aforementioned legal instruments. This paper shows that the existing policies and structures at the Community and in the Partner States do not support the realization of the listed mechanisms, thus devoid of implementation.