Policies and Institutions

The main migration policy instruments in Niger:

Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents in the area of migration:

• 1971: ratification of the 1969 AU Convention Governing Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa.
• 1961/1970: ratification of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
• 1979: the ECOWAS Protocols relating to the Free Movement of Persons, the Right of Residence and Establishment (1979, 1985, 1986, 1990).
• 1981: Ordinance n° 81-40 on the Entry and Stay of Foreigners in Niger.
• 2004: ratification of the 2000 Protocol on Trafficking in Persons.
• 2009: ratification of the 1990 Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.
• 2009: ratification of the 2000 Protocol on Smuggling of Migrants.
• 2010: Ordinance n°2010-86 on the Fight against Trafficking in Persons.
• 2015: Law n°2015-036 on Migrant Smuggling.
• 2017: National Strategy on Internal Security and its related Action Plan.
• 2018: Decree approving the National Strategy on Combating Irregular Migration in Niger.

The main ministries in charge of migration affairs in Niger:

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration and Nigeriens Abroad: is in charge of relations with nationals abroad.
• Ministry of Interior, Public Security, Decentralisation and Customary and Religious Affairs: is in charge of entry, stay and return of foreigners; leads the interministerial committee in charge of drafting a migration policy.

Sources

• Gouvernement du Niger (2018): Communiqué du Conseil des Ministres. 30 Mars 2018.
• ICMPD et OIM (2016): Enquête sur les politiques migratoires en Afrique de l’Ouest. Deuxième édition.
• United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators.

Last update: November 2018