4Mi Interactive

4Mi Returns: Data direct from returning refugees and migrants

The 4Mi Returns dashboard kicks-off with a total of 2,046 surveys collected from 1^st March to 31^st July 2021 with recently returned refugees and migrants in Afghanistan. Data can be filtered by gender, age, country of return, date of interview, date of return and, importantly, type of return. The latter allows users to see, for example, important differences in experiences, challenges and re-migration intentions between those who were deported versus those who returned spontaneously or through an assisted voluntary return programme. Given the increasing political and economic uncertainty facing Afghanistan at present – historically, two of the largest drivers of migration for Afghans – it is crucial to keen focus on the struggles and needs of those who continue to be returned or deported. MMC aims to start implementing the 4Mi Returns survey among returnees in other relevant countries; once data comes in, this will be added to the 4Mi Returns dashboard.

4Mi Interactive: regularly updated data on mixed migration

You can now find data from our core data collection among refugees and migrants traveling on mixed migration routes. Updated quarterly, the new dashboard features thousands of interviews taking you through the journey of people on the move, their aspirations, experiences and decision-making. 4Mi Interactive allows you to filter the data by age, gender, location, origin, and date while exploring a full range of themes: profiles, drivers, intentions, protection issues, financing, smuggling, access to information, and needs for assistance.

Mixed migration during the Covid-19 crisis

MMC’s 4Mi monitors have been able to stay in touch with refugees and migrants throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Beginning April 2020, we have conducted more than 20,000 interviews by phone, to find out exactly how the crisis has affected refugees’ and migrants’ lives and journeys without putting anyone at risk. 

4Mi Interactive provides a new way of accessing the data: Are you interested in how income loss has affected respondents in a particular region? Or what the impacts of Covid-19 have been on particular nationalities? Were needs different earlier in the crisis than later? Or what are the differences in access to information or health services between gender and age group? 4Mi Interactive will allow you to look at all of this and more.