Ethnic Conflicts And their Role In Illegal Immigration

Abstract

The term ethnicity has gained great importance in political and social studies today because it is behind many conflicts in many countries around the world, and the African continent is no exception in this regard. In addition to the remnants of the colonial past and the mishandling of the issue of ethnic pluralism, it has caused many conflicts and civil wars known to the continent, and ethnic conflicts have produced many problems, most notably the refugee problem, as Africa is the most continental continent. The world has an estimated 18 million refugees, more than a third of whom are illegal immigrants, underscoring the significant role of ethnic conflicts in deepening the phenomenon of illegal migration, based on the analytical descriptive approach to understanding and analysing the dimensions of the phenomenon.