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Iriann Freemantle

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Iriann Freemantle

Iriann Freemantle is an associate researcher with the African Centre for Migration & Society at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

As Europeans currently experience these short-lived restrictions on movement, it is an exceptional time to reflect on what Africans endure permanently in all of Europe’s name and the significance of freedom of movement to everyone in the world.
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Freedom of movement and Africa’s eternal lockdown

Europeans currently experiencing a temporary lockdown should reflect on the fact that many Africans live permanently in a form of continental lockdown

  • Iriann Freemantle
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