Director of the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) @Mixed_Migration / Views are my own. Retweets are not endorsements.
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Bram Frouws retweeted
My latest piece, on UNHCR's uncertain future.
The UN Refugee Agency Is Reckoning With an ‘Unprecedented Weakness’ passblue.com/2026/10/08/the-…
ALT Rohingya women and a child
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“The narrow stretch of water between Yemen & Djibouti isn't only a chokepoint for global trade. It's also one of the busiest irregular migration corridors in the world.”
Fighting reaches Yemen’s coast, Yemenis flee to Djibouti, as people were crossing the other way.
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#MMR2026
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Fighting has resumed in north Ethiopia. Compared to 5 yrs ago, neighbouring countries are at war or under strain, Red Sea is a conflict zone, drought is setting in, & humanitarian system has less capacity. What could this mean for mixed migration & displacement?
#MMR2026
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Bram Frouws retweeted
"Language using words like 'invasion' or 'attack' or water-related metaphors to describe the movement of humans is dangerous because it tends to dehumanise people."
@BramFrouws spoke to @TheAfricaReport about the rhetoric & the response to Ceuta
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MMC director @BramFrouws on the political implications of the EU Migration Pact in the aftermath of the crossings into Ceuta: "The idea of the pact is control and solidarity between EU member states. Yet we've seen the opposite."
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Villa suggested Morocco may have loosened the border as a way of showing it has “the upper hand”, especially because authorities there know it would cause an overreaction in Europe. “They love seeing all the fighting between European countries,” he added.
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Instead of ramping up pressure on Morocco, many EU partners turned on Madrid.
The migration panic is fuel for those trying to blackmail Europe.
The Spanish people won't forget this lack of solidarity.
My take @derspiegel
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Bram Frouws retweeted
I crossed the Sahara Desert with migrants about a decade ago. Those in the video who crossed into Ceuta from Morocco neither looked like migrants (no luggage) nor did they behave like migrants (went back home with no protest). They looked like a rent-a-mob from Morocco's al-karyan, engineered to cross over and create a diplomatic crisis for Spain? Why? Well, ask the Israeli government, whose Moroccan partner is ever ready to create an embarrassment for the @sanchezcastejon government as a consequence of its position on the genocide of the Palestinians. Remember when the Moroccan King did the same thing in 2021 when the Spanish government arranged for medical care of Brahim Ghali (leader of @Polisario_).
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“Not a single person has crossed to mainland EU.”
But 57 people died.
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A new 🇬🇧 Prime Minister takes office July 20
Migration likely will be one of his first big tests
Our experts explain why now is the moment for an ambitious UK-EU deal on small boats
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A new 6-month study of 700 people on the move by @UNHCRSom & @Mixed_Migration shows access to protection transforms journeys. Read the full story here: 👉unhcr.org/africa/publication…
Bram Frouws retweeted
The US has closed legal pathways for Cubans while tightening sanctions on the island. The result: Cuban mixed migration is being redirected across Latin America.
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𝗡𝗘𝗪: Infographic based on 503 interviews in Italy: 73% of refugees and migrants experienced violence or abuse on their journey (77% came via Tunisia, 71% via Libya). 78% chose to remain in Italy, citing safety as the primary reason.
Read: f.mtr.cool/gsukddmvpn
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"While restrictive migration policies and deterrence measures significantly increase the risks faced by people on the move, they have little to no impact on their migration decisions".
From 4,100+ surveys on routes where externalisation & deterrence are heavily promoted. ⬇️
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Bram Frouws retweeted
Tomorrow, 12th of June, the European Migration and Asylum Pact comes into force. An important premise of the Pact is that more restrictive measures will deter irregular migration towards Europe. But does deterrence actually work? Not according to our findings ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Pope Leo XIV has arrived in the Canary Islands with a focus on visiting migrants. Here are three things to know about the Atlantic route to the Canary Islands, where many have lost their lives ⬇️
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How is AI reshaping the governance of mixed migration? And how do people on the move and smugglers alike navigate these systems?
🎧 Listen to this #MMR2025 podcast episode to know more: f.mtr.cool/ssaunxgaqt
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We interviewed +3800 Syria returnees (from abroad and IDPs). Economic reintegration is a key issue. Social belonging is often strong but income, housing and basic needs remain precarious for many returnees.
More findings: f.mtr.cool/jwdydomynq
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#IMRF2026 calls for data on populations "largely invisible in official statistics."
This is exactly what 4Mi does. With +100,000 surveys collected globally & available, 4Mi is one of the largest comparable datasets on people on the move in the world.
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"It is precisely the data generated by migrants and by civil society that provides us a vital window into the experiences, aspirations, decision-making, and vulnerabilities of people on the move. It is often obtained in remote locations, hard to reach by most actors."
@AylaBonfiglio at the #IMRF2026
