Where do smugglers fit into journeys through Indonesia, Malaysia & Thailand? In Kuala Lumpur, MMC’s Evan Jones shared our research with governments across the Bali Process at a regional dialogue on migrant smuggling. Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/zbdhmj7ija

Our new snapshot reveals that information gaps are a major barrier to regular pathways to Senegal. Based on 1,047 surveys with migrants and refugees in Senegal, we unpack that: ⬇️

How Access to Information Impacts Migration in Senegal

This snapshot examines access to information among refugees and migrants travelling towards Senegal and how information shapes their journeys and experiences.

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Which policy priorities can move climate mobility forward in the East and Horn of Africa? 65+ stakeholders from 7 countries joined our policy dialogue in Nairobi. The Outcomes Report sets out five priorities. Read it here https://f.mtr.cool/4bvb79gvq0 #ClimateMobility

Climate Mobility in the East and Horn of Africa

Explore key findings and policy recommendations for strengthening climate mobility governance, anticipatory action and protection in the East and Horn of Africa

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📢 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 - Join the launch of the Mixed Migration Review 2026! This year's theme is migration in the age of polycrisis. 🔗 Register on Zoom to join the conversation: https://f.mtr.cool/g6huxn2zn3 #MMR2026

@BramFrouws, director of MMC, reflects on the Ceuta events of July 2026, specifically on Europe's response and the human cost behind it. 🔗⬇️

Ceuta: a test of Europe’s new migration pact

The mass movement into Ceuta tested Europe’s new migration pact, exposing vulnerabilities in externalised migration control and the human cost of border policies.

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In Quarter 2 2026 in Europe: 1 million undocumented migrants apply for regularisation in Spain; while the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum implementation began on 12 June.  🔗 Read the full updates for more detailed information: https://f.mtr.cool/xwvuasogvq

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En la más reciente infografía de MMC en América Latina y el Caribe monitoreamos los retornos a Venezuela desde América del Sur antes y después de los terremotos del 24 de junio y los hallazgos son claros ⬇️ (1/4) 🔗

Return Migration to Venezuela Experiences and Expectations

Explore return migration to Venezuela, including why refugees and migrants are returning and the challenges they expect to face after arrival

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US deportation flights rose 56% in May 2026 compared with May 2025, while southern border encounters increased 65% since January. Across Latin America & the Caribbean, third-country agreements also expanded  Read more updates: https://f.mtr.cool/vivejupkew #QMMU

A recent case study explores the impact of climate change on farmers’ decisions on (im)mobility in the Sikasso region, in south-eastern Mali, on the border with Côte d’Ivoire. ⬇️

Climate adaptation among farming households in Sikasso, Mali

Cette étude de cas vise à comprendre l’impact des changements climatiques sur les décisions de mobilité et d’immobilité des agriculteur∙rice∙s de la région de Sikasso, au sud-est du Mali, à la frontière avec la Côte d’Ivoire

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Our new 4Mi infographic on the experiences of Venezuelan refugees and migrants returning to Venezuela shows that family members and friends in Venezuela are the main motivation for return. Discover more🔗⬇️

Return Migration to Venezuela Experiences and Expectations

Explore return migration to Venezuela, including why refugees and migrants are returning and the challenges they expect to face after arrival

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"Language using words like 'invasion' or 'attack' or water-related metaphors to describe the movement of humans is dangerous because it tends to dehumanise people." @BramFrouws spoke to @TheAfricaReport about the rhetoric & the response to Ceuta

European governments panic after mass crossings into Ceuta test Moroccan ties

Five years after the 2021 Ceuta crossing triggered a diplomatic rupture between Madrid and Rabat, 30 July’s deadly scenes in the tiny Spanish enclave thrust Morocco back to the centre of Europe’s migration debate. But Spain quietly resolved the crisis and most people returned.

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The growing shift from protection to return policies for Afghans risks overlooking the realities people face upon return, argue MMC's Nadine Abdallah and Evan Jones.  Discover why 🔗 ⬇️

Afghanistan’s Return Crisis: Why Sending People Back Is Not a Durable Solution

The shift in policies from protection to return assumes that return represents a durable solution.

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MMC director @BramFrouws on the political implications of the EU Migration Pact in the aftermath of the crossings into Ceuta: "The idea of the pact is control and solidarity between EU member states. Yet we've seen the opposite."

EU can give Morocco more border support, von der Leyen tells Spain after Ceuta spat

The Ceuta influx is the first major test of the EU migration pact that has been in force since June.

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This quarter across 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰: borders hardened against Afghans, funding fell short for Rohingya refugees, and hundreds of thousands remained trapped in cyber scam centres across Southeast Asia. Read our Q2 2026 update: https://f.mtr.cool/ponxsjaryw #QMMU

In Quarter 2 2026 in West Africa: arrivals to the Canary Islands dropped 67%, while boat departures from the Gambia increased by 100%. Movements toward Spain rose along the Western Mediterranean Route (+26%). Read the full updates: https://f.mtr.cool/xerrxuhcab

This quarter, refugees and migrants were forced out of South Africa, and Ethiopians on the Eastern Route now face execution. Read our Q2 2026 update for Eastern and Southern Africa, Egypt and Yemen: https://f.mtr.cool/tymavfemrl #QMMU #MigrationPolicy

The US has closed legal pathways for Cubans while tightening sanctions on the island. The result: Cuban mixed migration is being redirected across Latin America.

Cuban migration: US fuels departures and restricts access

With legal pathways to the US closed and sanctions worsening conditions in Cuba, Cuban mixed migration is changing, people are settling across Latin America, often with little support.

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𝗡𝗘𝗪: Infographic based on 503 interviews in Italy: 73% of refugees and migrants experienced violence or abuse on their journey (77% came via Tunisia, 71% via Libya). 78% chose to remain in Italy, citing safety as the primary reason.  Read:

Experience of abuse, seeking safety and decisionmaking among refugees and migrants in Italy

4Mi data on the experiences of refugees and migrants in Italy: violence on route, safety as a driver of destination decisions, and how motivations shifted over time.

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"While restrictive migration policies and deterrence measures significantly increase the risks faced by people on the move, they have little to no impact on their migration decisions". From 4,100+ surveys on routes where externalisation & deterrence are heavily promoted.  ⬇️

EU migration and asylum Pact - data suggests it may not work

EU Migration and Asylum Pact is now the central legislative pillar of European migration policy, alongside the EU's broader five-year migration strategy, an expanding web of migration partnerships with transit countries, and a growing set of tools - from the new Return Regulation to the EU's first-ever Visa Strategy - designed to manage both irregular arrivals and legal mobility.

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“The debate has been trapped in a false dichotomy … as if the only way to demonstrate control is to restrict and deter."  MMC's Roberto Forin in Reuters on  EU pact on immigration &  asylum. 

EU overhaul to toughen migration rules takes effect, though doubts remain about impact

An overhaul of immigration and asylum policy enters into force across the European Union on Friday, a decade in the ​making, as EU countries have come under pressure from far-right nationalist parties.

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Tomorrow, 12th of June, the European Migration and Asylum Pact comes into force. An important premise of the Pact is that more restrictive measures will deter irregular migration towards Europe. But does deterrence actually work? Not according to our findings ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Pope Leo XIV has arrived in the Canary Islands with a focus on visiting migrants. Here are three things to know about the Atlantic route to the Canary Islands, where many have lost their lives  ⬇️

𝗡𝗲𝘄: Research based on 1,216 interviews in Mauritania and Spain finds that 71% of respondents identified at least one dangerous location on their journey to the Canary Islands, with 64% fearing death during the Atlantic crossing.  #IrregularMigration #AtlanticRoute

Participants drafted and validated policy recommendations across five thematic outcome areas, which will feed into a climate mobility roadmap - stay tuned!  Next stop: Addis Ababa. #ClimateMobility #MECMEA

The Nairobi Policy Dialogue on Mobility & Climate Change in the East & Horn of Africa wrapped up today. The CTA that stood out is to localise global and regional frameworks. Policy matters, but so do local knowledge and institutions, and frameworks must be built from the ground up.

📍The Nairobi Policy Dialogue on Mobility & Climate Change in the East & Horn of Africa kicks off. 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/uobbsfpeic #ClimateMobility #MECMEA

1st quarterly update 2026 Eastern & Southern Africa, Yemen and Egypt: 𝗬𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻: Arrival of people crossing from East Africa to Yemen increased by 30% in the first two months of 2026 compared to the same period last year (IOM DTM). Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/paktwqgcwc

1st quarterly update 2026 Eastern & Southern Africa: 𝗦𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗻: Cross-border movements continued to rise as conflict and insecurity drove further displacement. At the same time nearly 615,000 people returned to Sudan from neighbouring countries Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/sfzmyjmggk

New quarterly updates for Eastern & Southern Africa, Egypt & Yemen (Q1 2026): See the latest on mixed migration dynamics in Sudan and Egypt, on the situation of East Africans in the Middle East, and more. #QMMU https://f.mtr.cool/fryzajhvjw