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People pack up and leave their homes for many reasons – economic, social, political – and these drivers are often interconnected. A more complete picture of patterns of mobility must now include those moving due to climate change – a trend expected to increase over time - as people journey from one part of their countries to another. Over 216 million people could move within their countries by 2050 across six regions, according to the ’s latest  report.

Maureen Achieng, Chief of Mission of to Ethiopia and Representative to the African Union and to UNECA, says a new narrative on migration in Africa is emerging. It challenges and debunks commonly held perceptions and myths about African migration and African migrants, revealing that most people are not crossing seas and oceans to migrate, but rather crossing land borders in their quest for greener pastures. In fact,  of people who do cross seas and oceans from African countries to reach other destinations do so through regular channels. According to the first-ever “,” these people are mostly business travelers and students, taking planes and passing through airports and official land borders.