After reviewing the 10 texts of the Asylum and Migration Pact, the EU Ambassadors decided to send the final compromise to the European Parliament in order to move towards the final approval ✅

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The approval of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum is closer, but if adopted, another challenge lies ahead: implementing it on the ground

In a new MPI Europe policy brief Hanne Beirens and I explore what role digital tech could play💻

Some findings:🧵
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Indeed unlikely that the new #migration #deal between Germany and Georgia will produce significantly more #returns or fewer overstayers. But interesting detail on DE promising Georgian migrants in the EU better work opportunities. Quite unclear how this could work in practice…

In Tagesspiegel -and in German!- more money and more pressure won't help the EU fix migration issues and (once again...) Europeans need to move towards more balanced and respectful partnerships with non-EU countries tagesspiegel.de/internationale…

Migration policy makers rely on expert predictions to estimate future flows. Are those estimates reliable? Rhea Ravenna Sohst, Eduardo Acostamadiedo, & Jasper Tjaden use Migration Research Hub data to test if providing experts with context info in a Delphi survey enhances certainty.
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2⃣‘From Safe Homes to Sponsors: Lessons from the Ukraine Hosting Response for Refugee Sponsorship Programs’ assesses the successes and shortcomings from private hosting initiatives for Ukrainians, pinpointing opportunities for rethinking community sponsorship programs.

Today in Milan with MPI Europe Jasmijn Slootjes for our second annual MIrreM (Measuring Irregular Migration) meeting! Exploring challenges in irregular migration data production, sharing and uptake.

In my first impact evaluation study (of many I hope), I have analyzed the impact of information campaigns on migration decisions in Ethiopia with more than 5100 survey responses with a multi level matching approach. 1/2

2/2 But... this diagnostic is not really translating into resources & new approaches, and green reintegration projects to date remain small in scale

In new MigrationPolicy Inst brief, Rhea Ravenna Sohst & I outline a strategy towards more durable practices in the area of reintegration

1/2 Migrants returning to areas where climate change is negatively affecting livelihoods, the supply of safe housing, and community dynamics find it even more difficult to re-establish themselves

migrationpolicy.org/research/green…

Rhea Ravenna Sohst and Camille Le Coz addressing participants at today's GIZ partners meeting and sharing insights gathered from MPI's Community of Practice on Voluntary Return and Sustainable Reintegration.

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Enhancing development in migrant-origin communities can improve the successful reintegration of returned migrants

Learn more about the benefits of connecting reintegration projects with development goals in new brief by Camille Le Coz Rhea Ravenna Sohst

migrationpolicy.org/research/migra…

Jobs: MIrreM (Measuring Irregular Migration) is recruiting consultants/experts on #irregularmigration in #Kosovo #Albania #BosniaHerzigovina #NorthMacedonia #Montenegro #Serbia #Egypt #Algeria #Morocco #Libya #Tunisia #Turkey Deadline: 16 April. More info donau-uni.ac.at/de/universitae…

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