Latest trends in regional mixed migration
Regional Mixed Migration 1st Quarter 2013 Trends Analysis
Tightening of border controls in Saudi Arabia: Following the rise in cases of smuggling and trafficking of people and contraband goods; and recent deaths of Saudi Arabian soldiers guarding the...
Read moreMediawatch - mixed migration in the news
Statistics at a glance
New Arrivals along Yemen’s coast | ||||
Somali | 2013 April | 1,498 | Total arrival in 2012 | 23,086 |
Non- Somali (Ethiopian) | 2013 April
| 4,999 | Total arrival in 2012 | 84,446 |
Refugees in Kenya* | ||||
Somali | Decrease in population: 30 April 2013 | 15,815 | Total as of 30th April 2013 | 491,725 |
Ethiopian (camp population) | Increase in population | - | Total as of 17th March 2013 | 9,253 |
Refugees in Ethiopia | ||||
Somali
Refugee Population | Decrease in population 30 April 2013
| 1,326 | Total as of 30 April 2013
Total as of April 2013 | 238,957
394,000 |
IDPs in Somalia*** | ||||
| Displaced | - | Estimated total (April 2013) | 1,037,554 million |
Source UNHCR. *Officially there are 54,000 registered refugees in Nairobi (urban population). Unofficially the figure is estimated to be much higher. ** Kakuma, Dadaab & Alinjugur. ***The IDP statistics are rounded up to the nearest thousand. | ||||
Mixed migration in Kenya (To be published June 2013)
During 2012 RMMS and the Mixed Migration Task Force of Kenya developed a descriptive matrix of the extent, scale and scope of issues around mixed migration in Kenya. The largest two groups are Somali...
Read moreKingdom of Saudi Arabia: Migration and managed labour migration (Published sometime in 2013)
This report will probably be the hardest to develop. It will seek to document the scale and scope of legal (organized labour migration) and irregular migration into Saudi Arabia…the main target for...
Read moreDocumentaries/films
Selected documentaries relating to mixed migration:
- Saudi Arabia builds giant Yemen border fence
- Human trafficking in the Sinai desert.
- Abuse of Eritrean refugees in the Sinai
- Yemen: Zeinab's dilemma-A female Somali refugee's story.
- Puntland: One Step Ahead
- Somaliland: A Place to Call Home
- http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/03/world/meast/pleitgen-sinai-organ-smugglers/index.html?iref=allsearchDeath in the desert: Tribesmen exploit battle to reach Israel CNN
- Hell Journey: Somalia to Yemen Journeyman TV
- Human organ trafficking in Egypt's Sinai desert CNN
- Refugees face organ theft in Sinai CNN
- Eritrean refugees kidnapped in Sudan BBC
Regional Mixed Migration Monthly summaries
Below you can find the latest RMMS summaries:
- April 2013 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- March 2013 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- February 2013 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- January 2013 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- December 2012 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- November 2012 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- October 2012 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- September 2012 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- August 2012 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- July 2012 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- June 2012 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- May 2012 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- April 2012 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- March 2012 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- February 2012 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- Dec 2011 & Jan 2012 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- Nov 2011 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- Oct 2011 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
- Sept 2011 Mixed Migration Monthly Summary
Yemen Mixed Migration Task Force
The Yemen MMTF website is a valuable resource tool which provides information comprehensive statistics on mixed movements to and through Yemen.
RMMS Dashboard Maps
- For a larger, more readable version click here.
Voices on the move
- “I ask you where do I go that they will want me?”
- “..my mind is out of control and I do not feel anything anymore...”
- “The sea is dangerous…… it will eat me.”
- “I have wasted all my life and I am not scared to die in the sea…”
- “I do not know when I will go to the Arab place….”
Click here to see all 'Voices on the move'
RMMS Posters
(click for a larger version & more posters)
Links: Think tanks & academia
Below you can find a short list of think tanks,academic institutions and statistical sources:
- UNHCR: Refugees in the Horn of Africa
- Oxford Journal of Refugees Studies UK
- Global Migration Governance project
- International Migration Institute
- The Humanitarian Futures Programme
- Forced Migration Review
Click here for the full list
