Practices by Country

Pursuant to Chapter IV of the 1999 protocol relating to the mechanism for conflict prevention, management, resolution, peace-keeping and security, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has established a sub-regional peace and security observation system.

In the course of the Libyan conflict, the transport and return of hundreds and thousands of migrants to their homes was a huge logistical challenge, and one that all parties – international organizations, governments and civil society – worked constructively together to address.

This policy brief looks at the situation of migrants who have returned home to several West African countries as a result of the conflict in Libya.