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SPECIAL REPORT
Impact of Covid-19 on the ECOWAS Free Movement Protocol and the Regional Integration Agenda
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) recently organized a webinar to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on one of ECOWAS’s main instruments for regional integration, the Free Movement Protocol.
While the coronavirus represents a global emergency, countries around the world immediately closed their borders to protect their citizens and prevent the spread of the virus. This raises the issue of regional cooperation and possible roadmap for future response to similar emergencies. Two distinguished personalities,
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H.E. Dr. Michael Spindelegger, Director General, ICMPD and H.E Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Nigerian Minister of Interior took turns to set the context for presentations and discussions. This was followed by presentations by four expert speakers and what follows is a summary of their presentations:
