About the Mixed Migration Review 2022

The Mixed Migration Review 2022, the Mixed Migration Centre’s flagship annual report, reflects on recent events and emerging trends affecting refugees and migrants globally, attempting to document, analyse, and suggest solutions for alternative approaches to current migration policies. The report includes a global overview of mixed migration in 5 regions, interviews with experts, short essays on alternative perspectives by young regional researchers and writers, “Normalising the Extreme” and “Resisting the Extreme” features highlighting restrictive acts and policies related to mixed migration as well as positive developments on mixed migration, in-depth interviews with family members of those who have migrated, unique findings from 4Mi data, thematic snapshots, photographs, graphics, maps, illustrations and infographics.

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Virtual Launch of the Mixed Migration Review 2022

The virtual launch of the Mixed Migration Review 2022 was held on 6 December, 15:00-17:00 CET. The event featured a debate on borders and mixed migration, followed by a panel discussion on two topics: solutions to mixed migration challenges, and mixed migration as a solution to contemporary global challenges.

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MMR 2022 Articles available online

Migration diplomacy gets messy and tough

Essay MMR 2022

Migration diplomacy gets messy and tough: Is mixed mobility being ‘weaponised’ for geopolitical aims? The following essay was originally compiled…

European Parliament session with diverse delegates participating.

Normalising the Extreme 2022

Essay MMR 2022

Restrictive policies, actions and attitudes to mixed migration are becoming increasingly normalised and mainstreamed.

Military personnel watching construction site near forest.

Questions of intent: Where mixed migration and human trafficking overlap

Essay MMR 2022

The following essay was originally compiled for the Mixed Migration Review 2022 and has been reproduced here for wider access through this…

Old building with hanging laundry, black and white

Raising the bar: new instruments and practices related to missing migrants

Essay MMR 2022

  The following essay was originally compiled for the Mixed Migration Review 2022 and has been reproduced here for wider access through…

Person with lifebuoy on beach shore

Reshaping the root cause approach to migration

Essay MMR 2022

The following essay was originally compiled for the Mixed Migration Review 2022 and has been reproduced here for wider access through this…

Group of people standing in a dry landscape.

Resisting the Extreme (2021)

Essay MMR 2022

The following essay was originally compiled for the Mixed Migration Review 2021 and has been reproduced here for wider access through this…

Street scene with 'Refugees Welcome' graffiti.

Resisting the Extreme 2022

Essay MMR 2022

The following essay was originally compiled for the Mixed Migration Review 2022 and has been reproduced here for wider access through this…

Tailor sewing with Singer machine in workshop.

Risk in context: Decision-making in irregular and mixed migration

Essay MMR 2022

The following essay was originally compiled for the Mixed Migration Review 2022 and has been reproduced here for wider access through this…

Crowded truck with standing passengers in black and white.

Taking stock of the first IMRF

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An essential step forward down a long road: Taking stock of the first IMRF The following essay was originally compiled…

Delegates at International Migration Review Forum, 2022.

The emerging digital nervous system in mixed migration

Essay MMR 2022

The emerging digital nervous system: Technology, mixed migration, and human mobility across borders The following essay was originally compiled for…

Surveillance cameras monitoring urban traffic and crowds.

The war of words in the politicisation of human smuggling

Essay MMR 2022

The following essay was originally compiled for the Mixed Migration Review 2022 and has been reproduced here for wider access through this…

Caution sign about smuggling near international border area.

Those who remained – Migrant stories

Voices on the move MMR 2022

A series of in-depth interviews with refugee and migrants’ family members who stayed behind — the events from their perspectives…

Colorful world map segments in vertical stripes.