Welcome to Seefar

Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on the Vulnerabilities of Migrants on the Central Mediterranean Route

Measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 have had significant effects on migrants on the CMR. As part of the IMREF consortium, Seefar has interviewed migrants stranded in Gao (Mali), Agadez (Niger) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) to understand the challenges they face.

Vouching for the small businesses we love during the coronavirus pandemic

To support small businesses, Seefar has set up Vouch Potato, a platform for voucher sales, in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns worldwide.

Emerging Needs & Limitations: Adapting migration communication campaigns during the coronavirus pandemic

In close consultation with our safety and security advisers, our local teams and our donors, we have rapidly adapted and expanded our campaigns to keep our personnel and beneficiaries safe, and to address new and urgent information needs. Learn more.

Empowering Uganda’ s Most Vulnerable People

Using sustainable psychosocial support, innovative community-based livelihoods projects, and improved information delivered in an evidence-based manner to empower Uganda's refugees

Seefar in West Africa: mission-driven and innovative with a sustained impact

Since 2015, Seefar has worked on several projects in West Africa spanning Niger, Mali, The Gambia, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Senegal, and Guinea. Our work in the region centres around themes such as modern slavery, and drivers of migration. Recent projects based in and on West Africa have included major mixed-methods research and strategic communications campaigns in hard-to-reach areas, in addition to our other services.

Using Machine Learning to build an Asylum Coalition Index

The Asylum Coalition Index (ACI) uses machine learning to group European governments according to shared priorities on irregular migration and asylum. By identifying where two or more European countries share an origin country of concern, governments have the information they need to build strategic partnerships.

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.

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.

Contact Click here to get in touch. We’re also available via Twitter and LinkedIn