Welcome to MHub
The MHub is the public platform of the North Africa Mixed Migration Task Force, a joint initiative of DRC, IOM, OHCHR, RMMS, Save the Children, 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. Also check out our video and audio files relevant to topics and research in mixed migration on Youtube and Soundcloud.
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 ongoing development, but it can checked out here.
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.
