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Increased access to development and social protection programming can change or cancel migration decision-making

Europe, Human trafficking and modern slavery, Migration, South and Central Asia, Sub Saharan Africa

How, if at all, does access to development initiatives including social protection programmes influence migration? We collected qualitative and quantitative data from five migrant groups (potential migrants, transit migrants, asylum seekers, returnees and family members), with more than 3,000 respondents participating in the research. The two resulting reports on Afghanistan and Nigeria deliver policy-relevant and …

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A Roadmap to Replicability: How to create, sustain, and scale an ethical recruitment agency

Human trafficking and modern slavery, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Program design, Research and surveys, South and Central Asia

When Seefar launched its ethical recruitment pilot project in 2020, there was little guidance available on how to run a successful ethical recruitment agency. Our subsidiary, The Ethical Recruitment Agency (TERA) India, started with a desire to change the conditions for vulnerable migrant workers – but little knowledge of what the journey would look like. …

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Offering Psychosocial and Livelihood Support in a Crisis Setting

Offering psychosocial support (PSS) and livelihood training should be an integral part of humanitarian response in crisis situations. These services are as important as shelter, water, and food. The World Health Organisation states that prevention and early intervention in relation to mental health are cheaper in the long-term. Economics aside; it is the right thing …

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Request for Proposals: Version 1 and 2 of MarJar – a web application for data collection and management

(Deadline: 3 June 2022)

Behaviour change campaign helps Kurdish potential migrants to make safer migration choices

Counselling, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Strategic communications

Over a third of Iraqi Kurds considering risky migration journeys to Europe via Belarus chose safer alternatives after receiving information and counselling from Seefar’s migration communications campaign in Iraqi Kurdistan. The Migrant ProjectThe campaign which ran from May to December 2021 was part of Seefar’s flagship communications campaign The Migrant Project and targeted educated, urban …

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To Belarus and Beyond – Understanding migration plans of Kurdish migrants travelling the Belarus route

In the summer of 2021, thousands of migrants from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) reached Belarus, attempting to cross into Poland. Seefar, having worked in KRI for many years, responded quickly to provide up to date information and gather insights about the emerging border crisis. Throughout December 2021, Seefar conducted 571 quantitative interviews and …

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Working with vulnerable populations: lessons from LIFT India

At Seefar, we know how important it is to tailor our interventions to context – particularly when working with highly vulnerable populations. Our LIFT India project, funded by the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, provides survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE) with the skills they need to …

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Invitation to Tender – Framework Agreement for the Provision of Digitalisation Services in Jordan

30th March 2022 Farsight Services Limited, known for short as Seefar, hereby invites interested and qualified IT companies to bid for a Framework Agreement for the provision of digitalisation, web and application development, and innovative multi-platform services as outlined by the instructions and procedures in this invitation and related annexes. Please read the instructions on …

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Education campaign in Mali empowers students to make safer and more informed migration decisions

Migration, Strategic communications, Sub Saharan Africa

Between April and December 2021, The Migrant Project, Seefar’s global flagship migration communications campaign, ran an educational outreach campaign in three Malian regions: Gao, Sikasso and Kayes. Irregular migration is a regular occurrence among youth in these regions. In Gao, conflict is the major factor driving irregular migration. Kayes has a culture of migration in …

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