Pope Francis has just completed a visit to Lampedusa to bring attention to the plight of Africans, many of whom drown in the Mediterranean Sea as they struggle to seek what they believe would be a better life in Europe. This is an issue which is hardly highlighted by African leaders themselves, who should bear the blame for why their citizens are fleeing their countries. The study of migration is now a popular academic theme but scholars themselves are hardly concerned with the circumstances under which these migrants reach, and sometimes even fail to reach, their destinations. Pope Francis has done well to draw attention to the plight of African migrants.
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