The end of asylum? The changing nature of refugee policies in Africa

This paper examines the evolution of refugee policies in Africa from the period when the continent pursued an open door policy until 1998, by which time most countries had become less committed to asylum. It attempts to identify reasons for the policy shift and to make recommendations (such as international assistance by non-African states) as to what measures could be taken to enable African countries to continue to deal with the refugee problem in a principled way.