“There was a clear need for a reform and overhaul of the system, and an EU-wide adopted Migration and Asylum Pact could help in doing that… But there are a lot of concerns with the current Pact,” Bram Frouws, on migration and forced displacement developments and trends in the past year.
“Travel along the southern route encompasses so-called ‘South-South’ movements, which may be less of a priority for donor governments of the ‘Global North’,” said Ayla Bonfiglio, Head of MMC Eastern and Southern Africa, Egypt & Yemen, on the human cost of the neglected migration route.
Some ideas to help break the policy impasse and reduce the dangers and abuse faced by people on the move, by Bram Frouws, Director of the Mixed Migration Centre.
The New Humanitarian spoke with Bram Frouws, Director of the Mixed Migration Centre, about whether those trying to flee Afghanistan will be able to find safe haven.
