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Refugee Integration in Europe: Life and other Plans among Iranian Irregular Migrants Settling in Europe

For more than four years, we have been interviewing a panel of Iranians planning and executing irregular migration. Our latest report is Refugee Integration in Europe: Life and other Plans among Iranian Irregular Migrants Settling in Europe. More than 25% of the people we found in Iran with a plan to migrate irregularly in 2014 have now succeeded in reaching the European Union. This includes people who were not even trying to reach Europe when they first spoke with us. It is highly likely that more Iranians will attempt irregular migration in the next few years. Borders, visas and protection regimes in transit and destination countries will determine the proportion of them that arrive irregularly in Europe.

Supporting the choices of irregular child migrants

Many child protection measures in Western destination countries do not address children’s needs before or during difficult journeys. Effective and responsible early intervention can reduce the number in need of emergency protection, with better outcomes for children and a cost-conscious international humanitarian community. This Seefar issue brief examines the following question: how can targeted support for children’s decisions around migration help them achieve better outcomes?

Distant Dreams: Understanding the aspirations of Afghan returnees

Millions of refugees and migrants have returned to Afghanistan since 2012. They return to a context characterised by conflict, violence, drought and economic hardship. New research from Seefar explores return and reintegration from the perspective of returnees themselves.

Examining Return and Reintegration in Afghanistan: Why Psychosocial Interventions Matter

The biggest repatriation project in recent history is occurring with the forced exodus of millions of Afghan refugees from Pakistan and Iran, and failed Afghan asylum seekers returning from Europe. To better understand the challenges returning Afghans face, as well as the emotional and psychosocial impacts of return and reintegration for returning migrants and hosting communities, Seefar conducted a mixed-methods research study in Nangarhar province.

Windows of opportunity: Iranian irregular migration and return 2014-2016

Iran has been out of the public eye as EU decision-makers focus attention and money on more significant regions of origin of irregular migration. Yet Iran, previously a major source of irregular migration to Australia, has consistently been a source of asylum applicants in Germany, the UK, and elsewhere in the EU.

Recommendations from the US Trafficking in Persons Report – What’s the point?

In the ecosystem of international efforts against human human trafficking and modern slavery, there is a plague of recommendations. Some are intelligent recommendations, which are hard to follow among the noise. Some are less intelligent recommendations, adding to the din without illuminating opportunities. Many are irrelevant, ill-conceived or ignored.

Understanding how irregular migration dynamics and attitudes are evolving in Afghanistan

Afghanistan presents a complex migration context in which large numbers of Afghans set out on dangerous journeys to Europe. While there is a significant body of migration research in Afghanistan, existing research tends to focus on high-level, structural drivers of migration. Little is known about how migration decision-making evolves over time for those who intend on leaving.

Services Our technical skills are in research and surveys, strategic communications, consulting, monitoring and evaluation, counselling and program design.

Themes Our areas of expertise: migration, displaced people, modern slavery, security and justice, social inclusion and countering violent extremism.

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