Migration politics, migration narratives and public opinions in 2024 – the year of elections

This year’s Mixed Migration Review explores the interwoven relationship involving politics and migration. Almost half the world’s population in more than 80 countries headed to the polls in 2024. The scale is unprecedented, but so is the salience of migration politics many of these countries.

Essays will look at how the migration question is often a convenient ‘crisis’ for some – advancing their political agenda through the instrumentalization of migration – often with far-reaching consequences for migrants. We look at the dependency of rising populism globally on maintaining the migration ‘threats’, and explore the role of  modern media systems in creating and maintaining migration narratives which in turn directly impact public opinion and voting behaviour. Five shorter essays from young writers participating in this year’s essay competition will offer unique regional perspectives on migration and politics. As always, the Mixed Migration Review 2024 will also document the best and worst behaviour by authorities in relation to mixed migration in the annual “Resisting and Normalising the Extreme” features.

Surveys with 60,000 migrants challenge common migration myths in the MMR 2024

MMC’s 4Mi data featuring in this year’s report will bring compelling evidence to challenge some myths and misconceptions that continue to persist in public and political debate and narratives on migration.