Director of the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) www.mixedmigration.org / Views are my own. https://bsky.app/profile/bramfrouws.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bramfrouws.bsky.social/post/3m7aulstuw22x@theguardian.com coverage of a new @mixedmigration.org study we are particularly proud of: how migrant smuggling really works (https://mixedmigration.org/resource/how-smuggling-really-works/) providing evidence to policy makers based on 80,000 surveys with migrants & 500 surveys with smugglers. Hard to ignore you’d expect! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Dec 2025 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:bsvqiovkukfnybjdafdnertb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7aulstuw22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bramfrouws.bsky.social/post/3m336dytzuk2pMy latest Op-Ed for Parliament Magazine. Moving beyond tough talk on #migration to real solutions. 4 misconceptions explaining why politically driven 'innovative solutions' don't work & 5 things we need to do for a long-term migration approach that works https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/oped-moving-beyond-tough-talk-on-migration-to-real-solutions13 Oct 2025 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:bsvqiovkukfnybjdafdnertb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m336dytzuk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/bramfrouws.bsky.social/post/3lz73yxq3x227A persistent myths in media, policy & political debates: #smugglers are luring migrants into irregular #migration journeys. Is that so? We asked 60,000 migrants. The simple answer is: NO. Coming soon: more evidence on how smuggling really works https://mixedmigration.org/smugglers-as-influencers-on-the-decision-to-migrate/19 Sep 2025 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:bsvqiovkukfnybjdafdnertb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz73yxq3x227https://bsky.app/profile/bramfrouws.bsky.social/post/3lxjkkk2fns2fDon't miss the launch of this year's Mixed Migration Review, Thursday 20th November. This year's theme: Migration in times of geopolitical turmoil. You can register here: https://mixedmigration.org/events/virtual-launch-of-the-mixed-migration-review-2025-migration-in-the-context-of-geopolitical-turmoil/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Aug 2025 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:bsvqiovkukfnybjdafdnertb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxjkkk2fns2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bramfrouws.bsky.social/post/3lxi45f4mec2pI spoke to the BBC’s Focus on Africa today about the new @hrw.org report on violence against refugees & migrants in #Mauritania, a country the EU closely cooperates with to contain #migration towards Europe. Listen here (from minute 08:40) https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0lzl53q28 Aug 2025 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:bsvqiovkukfnybjdafdnertb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxi45f4mec2phttps://bsky.app/profile/bramfrouws.bsky.social/post/3lwdx2w43n222Happy to have contributed to this great article by @eloisehardy96 in @Parlimag, on the current state of ‘Schengen’, discussing the risks of not sufficiently valuing #Schengen anymore, #migration diplomacy & more https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/halfdead-schengen-limps-on-amid-increased-migration-anxiety [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2025 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:bsvqiovkukfnybjdafdnertb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwdx2w43n222https://bsky.app/profile/bramfrouws.bsky.social/post/3lv62lwsucs2p“Aid cuts are driving migrants to Europe”, warns UN refugee chief https://www.ft.com/content/976f5747-6e0b-4a62-ae81-13b0982388ab via @financialtimes.com Sad to see this “we need more aid otherwise migrants will come” threat narrative still being used. Here’s what we wrote about this last year https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2024/10/15/humanitarians-stop-using-fear-migration-drive-fundraising-advocacy-aid https://thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2024/1…30 Jul 2025 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:bsvqiovkukfnybjdafdnertb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv62lwsucs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/bramfrouws.bsky.social/post/3lub5ywx2oc2fWhat’s behind the increasing arrivals on the Balearic Islands from Algeria and Crete from Libya? What does it tell us abt EU #migration policies? Our latest article: https://mixedmigration.org/moving-beyond-deterrence-the-need-for-a-fresh-approach-to-migration-to-europe/18 Jul 2025 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:bsvqiovkukfnybjdafdnertb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lub5ywx2oc2f