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As part of the East Africa Migration Route Initiative (EAMRI), the United Kingdom Home
Office, with the support of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, had tasked the
International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) to implement the East Africa
Migration Route Gaps and Needs Analysis project, to establish a clearer picture of migration
flows and trends as well as migration management capacities and frameworks in place in
East Africa. The project consisted of two phases: a desk research phase, concluded with the
“East Africa Migration Route Report”, and a field research phase to validate and complete
the findings of the preceding desk analysis. The “East Africa Migration Route Report” had
recommended focussing the field research on three countries placed along the East Africa
migration route – Ethiopia, Kenya and Libya - stating that they merited “further attention in
the EU’s effort to understand migration flows in East Africa.”1
The report at hand is the result of the field research missions to Ethiopia, Kenya and Libya,
which took place between December 2007 and February 2008. During the missions a broad
range of stakeholders were consulted on the migration flows to/through/from, and migration
trends in, Ethiopia, Kenya and Libya. Migration management capacities and needs of
relevant authorities were also assessed.
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