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How the Trump administration may impact mixed migration in the Americas

monika / 19 January, 2025

Donald Trump will take office on January 20th. He starts his second term with grand promises on immigration, vowing to […]

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

Asma arfaoui / 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

Drivers of migration, Labour, Labour exploitation, Remittances, Smuggling, Social networks

Beyond dichotomies: Bangladesh’s complex migration landscape

Website Administrator / 28 May, 2024

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

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?

Website Administrator / 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

Migration management, Policy, Smuggling, Trends in migration

The criminalization of mobility in Niger: the case of Law 2015-36

Website Administrator / 13 December, 2023

MMC recently published a blog post on the case of Law 2015-36 – Niger’s controversial anti-smuggling law – for the ASILE project, which seeks to analyze the EU role in international protection systems and the consequences thereof.

Data, Drivers of migration, Legal protection, Policy, Refugees, Smuggling, Vulnerability

Evidence and migrants’ voices: missing links in EU Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling

Website Administrator / 6 December, 2023

Evidence and migrants’ voices: the missing links in the EU’s new Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling In the 2023

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

Website Administrator / 29 November, 2023

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

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, front left, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, front right, visit the island of Lampedusa, Italy, on Sunday, September 17, 2023

Asylum seekers, Legal protection, Migration management, Policy, Refugees, Smuggling

How to break the business model of smugglers

Website Administrator / 27 September, 2023

How to break the business model of smugglers The temporary protection directive: the biggest anti-smuggling operation ever? On September 13th,

Deportation, Drivers of migration, Maritime migration, Migration management, Policy, Protection & risks, Smuggling

A damaging deal: abuses, departures from Tunisia continue following EU agreement

Website Administrator / 15 September, 2023

In mid-July, during a visit of the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the Italian Prime Minister

Peoples affected by flood and rainwater living in tents along the road near Khipro, Sanghar, Sindh province of Pakistan on 18th November 2022.

Drivers of migration, Maritime migration, Migrant deaths, Policy, Protection & risks, Smuggling, Trends in migration

Pakistani Nationals on the Move to Europe: New Pressures, Risks, Opportunities

Website Administrator / 31 July, 2023

This article was originally written for the Quarterly Mixed Migration Update: Europe, Quarter 2, 2023 and has been reproduced here for

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