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Explore migration data with the 4Mi data explorer: +99,000 surveys, 39 countries, 2019-2025. Explore interviewees’ profiles, drivers, destination intentions, dangers, interactions with smugglers, access to information, and needs for assistance. f.mtr.cool/iojtsguuvx

At least 65 Ethiopian migrants are at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia for drug-related offenses. Saudi authorities executed three others on April 21, 2026. hrw.org/news/2026/04/2…

L𝗶𝘃𝗲: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝟰𝗠𝗶 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗿 - Explore data from 99,000+ interviews with refugees & migrants on the move, filter by country, route, compare by age, gender or nationality, download data and visuals.  Explore data: f.mtr.cool/xwjyqxrklp

Limited pathways to protection and safety compelling refugees to take dangerous journeys. @Mixed_Migration @RefugeesAfrica @UNHCRSouthernAF

Our latest infographic with @Refugees based on interviews with 50 refugees & migrants in Mayotte along the Western Indian Ocean Route. • En route 28/50 faced physical violence; 13 witnessed death • 10/25 women reported sexual violence • 47/50 needed assistance f.mtr.cool/lgigmgqtyn

This InfoMigrants' documentary looks at the Bangladeshi people behind the journey to Europe —the families who invest everything, the networks that profit from their desperation and the survivors who live with the loss of those who didn’t make it. infomigrants.net/en/post/70861/…

Our open access database is getting an upgrade. The new 4Mi Data Explorer will make one of the largest comparable datasets on mixed migration more accessible, usable, and actionable.  Webinar: Live demo + applications for research, policy, and operational use 📅 April 29th, 10:30 am CET Link ⬇️🧵

11) بعد نشر تقرير هيومن رايتس ووتش، أشار Mixed Migration Centre في 2024 إلى أن التوصيات الدولية طالبت السعودية بإجراء تحقيق شامل وشفاف في مزاعم قتل المهاجرين وإساءة معاملتهم على الحدود. مجرد استمرار هذا الطلب دوليًا يعني أن الملف لم يُغلق، وأن المساءلة ما تزال ناقصة.

Dear @FilippoGrandi could you follow me back so I can send you a direct message? Many thanks

52% drop in irregular crossings in Jan/Feb 2026 compared to 2025, yet a 128% increase in the number of migrants who died or went missing while crossing the Mediterranean….but not a word about this extremely concerning trend in the latest migration brief by the EU president

"Some feel that the new US administration has turned on them, and many are now scrambling for new options." Read more about the uncertainties faced by Venezuelans abroad in the Americas, many of the 7 million who left their country find themselves in a precarious situation. f.mtr.cool/xqgtftbadg

A boat carrying around 240 migrants capsized last night off the coast of Shabwah, Yemen. 10 migrants died; the remaining 230 reportedly reached shore, aided by local fishermen. This incident highlights the deadly risks migrants face and the need for safe migration pathways.

While economies face labour shortages, immigration policies are becoming increasingly restrictive. What does this tension mean for migration policies & labour markets? 🎧 Listen to our new #MMR2025 Podcast episode to know more: f.mtr.cool/jttvokxpdg

🚀 MMC is hiring! We are looking for a consultant to assess how AI is currently used by MMC: implications for data collection, analysis, writing & research, & develop guidelines for its use 📍 Location: Home based 📅 Tender closes: 18 March 2026 – 08:00 UTC 🔗Apply: f.mtr.cool/cwmubmqxmj

The Bangladesh–Libya–Italy corridor: Policy & protection responses cannot focus on sea crossings alone. Response requires examining the full chain — from recruitment and financing in Bangladesh to transit dynamics in the Gulf and Libya, and labour policies in Europe. f.mtr.cool/youfgyfrar

Bangladeshi nationals were the leading arrivals to Italy via Libya by sea in 2024 & 2025.  Our new report looks at how this corridor operates — from recruitment and financing in Bangladesh to transit through Gulf to Libya and sea crossings to Italy.  f.mtr.cool/rrqkupurhw

From Bangladesh to Italy via Libya: Many migrants interviewed started their journeys through legal migration channels or believed they were doing so.  When those pathways become inaccessible or too costly, the same intermediaries may redirect migrants into irregular routes. f.mtr.cool/fuleqrfijv

From Bangladesh to Italy via Libya: Migrants interviewed reported paying USD 10,000–14,000 for the journey to Italy via Libya, generating an estimated USD 160–190 million annually across the corridor. f.mtr.cool/wxrrgtqcoz

@JFCrisp @BelindaJDodson Indeed! Or how about Ronald Skeldon’s Migration and Development: A Global Perspective from 1997. Or the work of Stephen Castles in the 70s & 80s. Rather strange to say migration and development are finally being discussed together.

"Finally being discussed together." Well, here's a book published more than 30 years ago, about linkages between aid and migration, issued by 2 UN agencies that are just a stone's throw from the IOM HQ! amazon.co.uk/Aid-Place-Migr… @BelindaJDodson

In June, we published an article (mixedmigration.org/articles/mixed…) on the mixed migration consequences of the war between Israel & #Iran. Much of the analysis still holds now Israel & the US are again attacking Iran, including the analysis on potential movements of Iranian out of Iran