The Migration Podcast

Brussels ushers in new leadership at the European Parliament in June. Migration, along with defence and the economy, will be a key issue to drive the changes in and for the next five years’ politics. To make sense of a future that this new set of leaders may draw up, it is vital to look back to the last five years’ key events that have shaped the migration narrative in Europe and beyond its borders.

Between COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that triggered the Temporary Protection status; ongoing refugee crises intensified by the fire in Greece’s Moria refugee camp and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan that drove scores of migrants in the Mediterranean; and finally, the adoption this year of The Pact on Migration and Asylum. ICMPD takes stock at the policy directions and, more importantly, what this means to people – those seeking to reach Europe, those who welcome them and those who ask the question of where we are headed, and those who can potentially enrich the region’s ability to sustain its future.

This extended episode of ICMPD’s Migration Podcast brings together two of our Experts, Hugo Brady and Martin Wagner. They discuss these key events and the policy directions in Brussels, the challenges and opportunities that migration has presented the EU, and the priority actions and policy recommendations that will guide the next five years for the new leaders in Brussels and the rest of the European community.

Migration is a global phenomenon, however, the majority of migration movements happen within regions. The International Centre for Migration Policy Development identified six priority regions, in which operations take place in close cooperation with local partners. These regions include Western Balkans and Türkiye, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Silk Routes, Mediterranean, West Africa, Pan Africa Initiatives. In this podcast episode, we invited Mr. Martijn Pluim, Director Migration Dialogues and Cooperation, to provide an overview of the different regions' most pressing migration challenges in the year 2023.

The ICMPD Migration Outlook 2022 presents an overview of the most pressing migration issues in the year to come. In this episode we are specifically looking into migration issues in South and West Asia.

We invited the two co-authors of the ICMPD Migration Outlook, Maegan Hendow and Naozad Hodiwala who will be critically questioned by Martina Bachler, a journalist working on political and economic issues.

Hosted by: Elisabeth Minkow, ICMPD Communications Officer.

The ICMPD Migration Outlook 2022 presents an overview of the 12 migration issues to look out for in 2022.

In this episode you will meet Martin Hofmann, the main author of the ICMPD Migration Outlook. He is critically questioned by Martina Bachler, journalist working on politics and economy.

You will hear: Why were certain political issues given preference above others? What makes “the Belarus case” a precedent for the EU and why is Ukraine not mentioned? What about migration and climate change?

These and many more questions will be answered in this episode. Hosted by: Elisabeth Minkow, ICMPD Communications Officer.

On February 15th the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) starts its Podcast with the first episode on the key findings of the Migration Outlook 2022.