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4Mi, Human trafficking, Protection & risks, Smuggling

Trafficking and exploitation in mixed migration

by Chloe Sydney / 24 April, 2025

“I was raped, imprisoned, abused, and enslaved on the migration route. It is a route that I would not recommend […]

Assistance, Asylum seekers, Detention, Drivers of migration, Human trafficking, Livelihoods, Maritime migration, Migrant deaths, Missing migrants, Protection & risks, Refugees, Smuggling, Vulnerability

Press release: “On this journey no one cares if you live or die” Volume 2

by MMC / 5 July, 2024

New UNHCR/IOM/MMC report highlights extreme horrors faced by refugees and migrants on land routes to Africa’s Mediterranean coast Refugees and

Economy, Human trafficking, Labour, Migration management, Policy, Political economy, Protection & risks, Smuggling, Trends in migration

Slow train coming: the ‘natural destiny’ of a borderless Africa?

by Samuel Okunade / 4 January, 2024

The following essay was originally compiled for the Mixed Migration Review 2023 and has been reproduced here for wider access through this

Cover photo of the Mixed Migration Review 2023

4Mi, Climate, Data, Drivers of migration, Economy, Evidence based programming, Global Compact, Human trafficking, Legal protection, Migrant deaths, Migration management, Missing migrants, Policy, Protection & risks, Refugees, Returns, Smuggling, Trends in migration, Vulnerability

Focus on Regions: Launch of the Mixed Migration Review 2023

by Mixed Migration Centre / 29 November, 2023

The Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is launching its 6th edition of the Mixed Migration

Header image of maps of journeys of Ethiopian Returnees

Deportation, Detention, Human trafficking, Labour exploitation, Legal issues, Migrant deaths, Protection & risks, Returns

Journeys of Ethiopian Returnees – Migrant Stories

by Mixed Migration Centre / 14 September, 2023

Personal stories of three Ethiopian migrants describing their journeys through Yemen into Saudi Arabia, and eventually back to Ethiopia.

Human trafficking, Migrant deaths, Policy, Protection & risks, Refugees, Trends in migration, Vulnerability

Forgotten Crises – Forgotten Suffering (Panelist speech)

by Bram Frouws / 16 June, 2023

Bram Frouws, Director of the Mixed Migration Centre, was a panelist on the panel “Forgotten Crises – Forgotten Suffering” at

Groups of migrants sit under trees for shade, as they wait for smugglers to organize their travel to Yemen.

Detention, Global Compact, Human trafficking, Missing migrants, Protection & risks, Returns, Smuggling

Missing Ethiopian migrants

by Chris Horwood / 24 March, 2023

Missing Ethiopian migrants – the tip of an iceberg of commodification and brutality By Chris Horwood, director of Ravenstone Consult

Human trafficking, Labour exploitation, Policy, Smuggling, Vulnerability

Questions of intent: Where mixed migration and human trafficking overlap

by Thi Hoang / 6 December, 2022

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

Children & Youth, Cities, COVID-19, Global Compact, Human trafficking, Legal protection, Migration & development, Refugees

Taking stock of the first IMRF

by Eva Sandis, John K. Bingham, Sophie van Haasen / 6 December, 2022

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

4Mi, Asylum seekers, Climate, COVID-19, Data, Drivers of migration, Economy, Global Compact, Human trafficking, Maritime migration, Migration & development, Migration management, Missing migrants, Policy, Protection & risks, Refugees, Returns, Smuggling, Trends in migration, Vulnerability

Press release: Better solutions needed for mixed migration challenges

by Mixed Migration Centre / 6 December, 2022

The impact of the war in Ukraine as well as the socio-economic legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic are being felt

Human trafficking