More needs to be done on saving lives and missing migrants from West Africa. I write about it in a post, based on a brief we wrote with Andrea Garcia Borja @WilfriedColy Missing Migrants Project. Thank you to @BorderCrim for hosting it! @IOM_GMDAC Julia Black blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/blog-post/2022…

Doing #qualitative research using #online methods? 🤔💻 I thought I'd share 10 papers/books which I've found really useful during my PhD - a thread! 🧵1/? Feel free to add to the list! #PhD #research #PhDlife #phdvoice #phdchat #AcademicChatter #ResearchMethods #OnlineMethods

🗓️ This week we are in Tunis for the third edition of the 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬. Looking forward to discussions on #diaspora data. 👇

Remittances account for a high share of GDP in African countries📈. Cedric Okou from IMF speaks about remittances data during the 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬.

The first day of the 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 just ended. Today we looked at how #diaspora data can support migration and development processes in Africa. Looking forward to continuing discussions tomorrow.

🗣️Angela Odai from the African Union now presents on needs for diaspora data in Africa, at the 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 #ASMS.

The European Commission just published a working document led by EU International Partnerships 🇪🇺 & EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 on "displacement and migration related to disasters, climate change and environmental degradation", a decade since its last paper on the topic & an interesting read: data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/S…

If you were going to give one piece of advice to an early career researcher on how to do research that influences policy, what would it be?

Together with James Dennison, we invited colleagues at the European University Institute to nominate migration-related films for a series of screenings entitled 'Crossing Borders'. A thread 🧵 on the 24 titles we collected. Hopefully a useful resource for those interested in #movies and #migration.

🚨🚨🚨 Since 2021, more than 5,000 lives have been lost on migration routes to and within Europe. 🥀iom.int/news/more-5000…

Deutschland ist auf Zuwanderung von Arbeitskräften angewiesen. Wie kann die Anwerbung entwicklungsorientiert, nachhaltig und fair gestaltet werden? Eine SWP-Studie von Steffen Angenendt, Nadine Knapp und David Kipp @SWP_Global. Thread/1 swp-berlin.org/publikation/de…

👩‍💼@IOM_GMDAC's Irene Schöfberger participated in a workshop to discuss research on the evolving humanitarian action for forced migration, organized by the JICA Ogata Research Institute. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication 📚📚 in collaboration with JICA - Japan International Cooperation Agency Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM)

We are #hiring at GMDAC! Are you passionate about migration research and eager to contribute to the implementation of the United Nations Network on Migration's workstream? We're on the lookout for a dedicated intern to join our team! 📠Must have a valid residence and work permit for Germany.

The new Africa Migration Report is out! 🥁 We contributed with a chapter on "Migration governance in Africa" and presented data from the Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) . Thanks to amazing co-authors Blick Nuwe and Estefania Guallar. #migrationgovernance IOM at African Union @IOM_GDI

Very happy to see this published in Population, Space & Place @wileyGeoAntro! We investigated intentions and abilities to #migrate from Africa to Europe. With Eduardo Acostamadiedo and Marzia Rango @IOM_GDI onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/7…

Delighted to share our article exploring migration aspirations from Africa to Europe with my co-authors Irene Schöfberger and Marzia Rango. Grateful to Jasper Tjaden and Emma Borgnäs for their feedback on an earlier version of this paper. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/7…

🌐 One-third of African MGI countries have strategies to address the links between migration and environmental and climate change, based on insights from the MGI indicators. Read more about it in the🆕Africa Migration Report: bit.ly/3Un1kiU