Executive summary This position paper contributes to ongoing policy discussions about governing migration and human mobility from the perspective of civil society. It provides a bottom-up perspective and conveys a message to policymakers regarding the added value of civil society input into the conversation about improving the migration governance system in Africa at different levels. Moreover, the position paper articulates a less familiar narrative of this issue. It presents a point of view informed by a lived reality and first-hand observation of the social, environmental, political, and economic dynamics on the ground impacting migration in all its multiple facets