Welcome to Seefar

Understanding forced labour amongst migrant domestic workers in Asia

Since 2015, Seefar has been conducting a large-scale research project, funded by the Macquarie Group Foundation, into forced labour amongst migrant domestic workers in the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore. The project’s most recent publication offers analysis of data from over 3,000 surveys with migrant domestic workers, as well as a series of qualitative interviews.

LIFT: Livelihoods Initiative for Transformation

Traditional livelihood programming usually delivers subsistence living, has no impact on business growth and does not cater to the support needs of the most vulnerable beneficiaries. Find out how Seefar's LIFT programme is overcoming these challenges by using the global economy.

How the Afghan peace process and emotional well-being impact migration decision-making

In a new report, Seefar explores how Afghans are influenced by both long-standing structural challenges and rapidly-changing individual circumstances when making decisions about migration.

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.

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.

Jobs Our people enjoy the opportunities and autonomy they have to work hard on social progress. We welcome others with the same motivation, check current vacancies here. Projects Find the latest updates from our projects pushing forward our mission statements in development and security. Our Research Results from donor-funded and in-house research and development projects.

About Us Read about our mission, principles in our work and the answers to questions we get asked a lot.

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