4Mi Data Explorer

Browse 4Mi Migration Data with the 4Mi Data Explorer. Choose your sample and explore a full range of themes: interviewees’ profiles, drivers, destination intentions, journeys, dangers, interactions with smugglers, access to information, and needs for assistance. The sampling approach means that the figures cannot be used to make inferences about the total population. What is 4Mi Migration Data? Click here. Would like a demonstration of how to use the dashboard? Click here.

Last updated: 23 July 2026 with data up to 30 June 2026.

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106,008 interviews across 43 countries, covering 99 nationalities, collected from 2021 to 2026.

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Respondents from all available countries interviewed in all available countries
Interview period: 01/2021 - 12/2025
65%
of respondents had obtained information about routes, destinations, costs, risks, etc. before their journey
34%
of respondents found friends/family from country of origin living abroad to be the most reliable source of information overall
36%
of respondents said that information about conditions of journey would have been the most useful type of information they did not receive

What were your sources of information about routes, destinations, costs, risks, etc. before your journey?

Respondents could select multiple answers
0%
0 respondents
Friends/family from country of origin living abroad
42%
Friends/family in my country of origin
27%
Smugglers
16%
Returning migrants from my country of origin
13%
Social media
12%
Travel agents
10%
Other people from my country of origin living abroad
6%
Foreign embassies/consulates
2%
National government/authorities
1%
Private employment agency
1%
NGOs/UN
1%
Other
0%
None
35%
Refused
0%

A total of 99,267 respondents answered this question (36,824 women and 62,442 men).

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4Mi - Mixed Migration Centre

What were your sources of information about routes, destinations, costs, risks, etc. during your journey?

Respondents could select multiple answers
0%
0 respondents
Friends/family from country of origin living abroad
27%
Other migrants and refugees I met on my journey
26%
Smugglers
19%
Local people I met on my journey
16%
Friends/family in my country of origin
14%
Travel agents
9%
Social media
8%
Returning migrants from my country of origin
6%
Other people from my country of origin living abroad
5%
NGOs/UN
4%
National government/authorities
2%
Foreign embassies/consulates
1%
Private employment agency
1%
Other
0%
None
39%
Refused
0%

A total of 99,116 respondents answered this question (36,754 women and 62,361 men).

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4Mi - Mixed Migration Centre

Of all sources, what has been the most reliable source of information overall?

Among respondents who accessed information before or during the journey
0%
0 respondents
Friends/family from country of origin living abroad
34%
Friends/family in my country of origin
13%
Smugglers
11%
Other migrants and refugees I met on my journey
11%
Returning migrants from my country of origin
7%
Travel agents
6%
Local people I met on my journey
6%
Social media
5%
None
2%
NGOs / UN
2%
Other people from my country of origin living abroad
2%
Foreign embassies / consulates
1%
National government / authorities
1%
Other
0%
Private employment agency
0%
Refused
0%

A total of 74,988 respondents answered this question (27,834 women and 47,153 men).

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4Mi - Mixed Migration Centre

What information would have been most useful that you did not receive?

Respondents could select multiple answers
0%
0 respondents
Conditions of journey
36%
Safety and security along the journey
36%
Conditions at destination
30%
Duration of journey
28%
Cost of journey
26%
Rights as a migrant or refugee in-country
24%
Routes
23%
Where and how to access services
21%
Nothing I had/have all the information I needed
17%
Legal processes regarding migration and asylum
17%
How to find a smuggler
3%
Other
0%
Refused
0%
Don't know
3%

A total of 99,602 respondents answered this question (36,951 women and 62,650 men).

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4Mi - Mixed Migration Centre

Disclaimer: 4Mi data are not representative of the total population and reflect only the experiences of surveyed individuals.

About the data

This dataset comprises 4Mi data collected since January 2021. 4Mi sampling is purposive and sometimes targets specific population groups. 4Mi data are not representative of the total population and reflect only the experiences of surveyed individuals. See here for more on our methodology. Please acknowledge the Mixed Migration Centre when using the data.

Data explorer by Roxana Torre