SOCIO-ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND PHYSICAL IMPACTS OF CROSS-BORDER MOBILITY IN EASTERN CAMEROON.

The recurrence of conflict and violence in the CAR in the 1990s and early 2000s underpinned the movement of people from this country to Cameroon. The avalanche of people fleeing war, atrocities perpetrated by politico-military groups and highwaymen along the eastern borders, constitutes a serious security threat. This threat can be understood in terms of its immediate effects and long-term impacts on East Cameroon. The dynamics of these cross-border migratory movements have had direct repercussions on the political, economic, social and physical life of the populations of Cameroon's eastern fringe. Based on empirical documentation in the form of books, articles, press clippings and newspapers, directive and semi-directive interviews, and field observations of various actors and protagonists, this article aims, in short, to show and highlight the impacts of cross-border mobility on security in East Cameroon, a geographical entity contiguous with the Central African Republic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]