{"id":3,"date":"2026-05-12T13:40:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/airekema\/advancing-indigenous-refugee-knowledge-and-engagement-in-management-of-migration-in-africa-airekema\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:47:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:47:02","slug":"advancing-indigenous-refugee-knowledge-and-engagement-in-management-of-migration-in-africa-airekema","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/airekema\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing Indigenous and Refugee Knowledge and Engagement on Migration in Africa (AIReKEMA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Advancing Indigenous and Refugee Knowledge and Engagement on Migration in Africa (AIReKEMA)\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>AIReKEMA, as an acronym, stands for Advancing Indigenous Refugee Knowledge and Engagement on Migration in Africa. Migration remains a very contentious issue globally as pressures on economic opportunities and insecurity led to rightward shift in domestic politics both in Africa and in the West. In this context, many politicians blame migrants for almost all the socioeconomic and security challenges facing their countries. AIReKEMA is thus a three-year project that seeks  to examine the application of traditionally excluded knowledge in managing migratory flows and border areas in Africa, primarily through the experiences of Indigenous communities but also through the experiences of refugee communities. It builds on the connections developed through the Africa Indigenous Knowledge Research Network (<a href=\"https:\/\/africaindigenousresearch.com\/\">AIKRN<\/a>), the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/\">LERRN<\/a>), and the IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement (https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fd-chairs-net\/), all of which have their secretariates at Carleton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/its-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/gutenberg\/cutheme-plugin\/images\/thumbs\/art-gallery.jpg\" alt=\"Pre-selected placeholder image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        About\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                                \n\n                                    <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                        AIReKEMA, as an acronym, stands for Advancing Indigenous Refugee Knowledge and Engagement on Migration in Africa. Migration remains a very contentious issue globally as pressures\n                                                    &#8230;\n                                            <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/airekema\/about\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    View Page\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/its-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/gutenberg\/cutheme-plugin\/images\/thumb-fallbacks\/news-thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"Randomly generated thumbnail\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        News\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                                \n\n                                    <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                        AIReKEMA secured 1,8 million USD grant to from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The grant was awarded to Carleton researchers helping to promote peace\n                                                    &#8230;\n                                            <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/airekema\/news\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    View Page\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/airekema\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2026\/05\/pawel-czerwinski-0xCCPIbl3M-unsplash-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Contact\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                                \n\n                                    <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                        E-mail: AIReKEMA@carleton.ca Phone number: 613-520-2600 x 2410 Address: 1705 Duntun Tower Carleton University1125 Colonel By DriveOttawa, ONCanada, K1S 5B6\n                                            <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/airekema\/contact\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    View Page\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AIReKEMA, as an acronym, stands for Advancing Indigenous Refugee Knowledge and Engagement on Migration in Africa. 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