The Violence in Mali Has Boosted the Number of Refugees Entering Ivory Coast

Concerns about the southward spread of regional instability have prompted Ivory Coast to send more security personnel to its northern border in response to an increase in refugee arrivals connected to growing attacks by armed groups in neighboring Mali.

During an emergency meeting on Thursday, the Ivorian National Security Council ordered military commanders to strengthen border security. According to a government statement, the “unusual refugee flows” were caused by armed terrorist groups attacking residents in a number of southern Mali villages.

The al-Qaeda affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), which recently imposed a catastrophic fuel blockade in Mali, is the source of the migration issue.

Malian officials reject reports that jihadists could pose an immediate threat to Bamako, the country’s capital, but the organization has been extending its operations westward and moving closer to the border with Ivory Coast. The security measures are the most recent attempt by coastal West African countries to limit the consequences of the ten-year-long insurgency in the Sahel.

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