Welcome to the MHub! (Mixed Migration Hub)

The MHub is the public platform of the North Africa Mixed Migration Task Force, a joint initiative of DRC, IOM, OHCHR, RMMS, UNHCR and UNODC.

This is the place to find information on mixed migration in, from and through North Africa. See below what you can find here, and don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter (at the foot of the page), and like us on Facebook!

Key Messages to the AU-Horn of Africa Initiative on Human Trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants by the North Africa Mixed Migration Task Force | 13-14 September 2015 | Download

“A tragedy of epic proportions is unfolding in the Mediterranean. We […] strongly urge European leaders to put human life, rights, and dignity first.”

– Joint Statement on Mediterranean Crossings of António Guterres (UNHCR),  Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein (OHCHR), Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for International Migration and Development Peter Sutherland, and  William Lacy Swing (IOM)

369 migrants rescued by MOAS after being spotted by the Schielble Camera Copter ©http://www.moas.eu/

Footprints

Footprints will be an interactive visualization tool that maps out mixed migration movements in, from and through North Africa. It  tries to provide a comprehensive overview of the situation of migrants and refugees in the region. It draws on a wide range of sources and is constantly updated. This core information resource is created to support agencies working in the field, donors, public, academia and governmental and non-governmental organizations to take decisions based on facts. Footprints is still in the making, stay tuned until its release in July!

“If repression and detention doesn’t work, then we need to consider why this migration happens.”

– François Crépeau, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

Mixed Migration Trends

MHub regularly compiles and publishes up-to-date knowledge on mixed migration flows and issues. The monthly trend bulletin gives an overview of the situation on the ground. The monthly dashboard map, also used in the bulletin, shows recent trends and movements.

Eritrean refugees and migrants sit in a detention center during a roll call, Subrata, Libya, April 21, 2014. ©http://www.danieletter.com/

“They do it in many cases out of idealism – they hope there is a place for them somewhere else. And they do it out of love because they want to do the right thing for their kids. Most of the migrants who succeed in getting to Europe succeed in establishing themselves. And you know what? They’ve made the right choice. Like the people who came irregularly fleeing Nazi Germany or fleeing fascist Italy or Francoist Spain, people who came irregularly made the right choice for themselves and their kids and their kids will be proud of what they’ve done. That’s grit and that’s endurance and that’s courage. We may not have the same courage were we in their shoes, and that’s very encouraging.”

– François Crépeau, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants