C4D and Migration

Today, there are over 258 million migrants around the world living outside their country of birth. This figure is expected to grow for a number of reasons including population growth, increasing connectivity, trade, rising inequality, demographic imbalances and climate change. Migration provides immense opportunity and benefits – for the migrants, host communities and communities of origin. However, when poorly regulated it can create significant challenges. These challenges include overwhelming social infrastructures with the unexpected arrival of large numbers of people and the deaths of migrants undertaking dangerous journeys. (The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, UN Agreement)

Our C4D & Migration section takes a more in-depth look at migration issues and considers the role of Communication for Development (C4D) as an area of development practice – from the role of SBCC campaigns to the representation of migrant children in the European media.

Latest C4D and Migration Resources and News

IOM X free online resources designed to engage audiences about human trafficking and exploitation and build a C4D Campaign (2019)

IOM X is the International Organization for Migration (IOM)'s campaign to encourage safe migration and public action to stop exploitation ...
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Evaluating the impact of information campaigns in the field of migration: A systematic review of the evidence, and practical guidance ( Central Mediterranean Route Thematic Report Series, International Organization for Migration, 2018)

“Evaluating the impact of information campaigns in the field of migration: A systematic review of the evidence, a practical guidance” ...
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When Facts Don’t Matter: How to Communicate More Effectively about Immigration’s Costs and Benefits (Migration Policy Institute, 2018)

At a time when people have more information at their fingertips than ever, it feels as though it has become ...
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Anti-refugee Mobilization in Social Media: The Case of Soldiers of Odin (Social Media + Society article, 2018)

Article abstract: In the wake of the international refugee crisis, racist attitudes are becoming more publicly evident across the European Union ...
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How to Establish and Manage a Systematic Community Feedback Mechanism (IFRC, 2018)

This step-by-step guide focuses on migration programmes but can be adapted and used in other contexts. It aims to support ...
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Children’s Screen Content in an Era of Forced Migration: Facilitating Arab-European Dialogue – Documentaries, Distribution, Ethics (Workshop Briefing, 2018)

This workshop briefing, the second in a series of three, is part of a project focused on the representation of refugee ...
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Wellbeing and Protracted Urban Displacement: Refugees and Hosts in Jordan and Lebanon (IDS Report, 2018)

The war in Syria, now in its eighth year, has led to the mass exodus of the Syrian people. Lebanon ...
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