This publication is meant to further facilitate cooperation between the different actors involved in the protection of persons on the move.

In order to assist an estimated 656,280 people of concern by the end 2018, UNHCR is rolling out a cross-regional strategy with broad objectives and selected activities in the countries of origin and t...

The following trends analysis is put together on the basis of available secondary data at the time of publication. It is representative of the available information and therefore indicative of mixed m...

Monthly Trends

2,184 refugees and migrants were interviewed by 4Mi in West Africa between 1 January and 31 July 2018, in Mali (Mopti, Gao and Timbuktu), Niger (Niamey and Agadez) and Burkina Faso (Dori and Bobo Diou...

In April 2019, the Mixed Migration Monitoring Mechanism Initiative (4Mi) conducted 534 in-depth interviews with refugees and migrants in West Africa. 168 people were interviewed in Burkina Faso (in Bo...

This briefing paper focuses on the evolving role of smugglers in West Africa’s migration economy, as well as migration and smuggling patterns in West Africa and between West and North Africa. The Mixe...

In 2018, UNHCR worked closely with other stakeholders, such as the AU-EU-UN Joint Taskforce on migration, to ensure protection for refugees moving in mixed flows from Africa along “the northern route”...

In February, 4Mi conducted 310 in-depth interviews with migrants and refugees in West Africa (Agadez and Niamey in Niger; Mopti, Gao, Ber and Timbuktu in Mali)

In March, 4Mi conducted 294 in-depth interviews with migrants and refugees in West Africa (Agadez and Niamey in Niger; Mopti, Gao, Ber and Timbuktu in Mali)