1. TRANSIT MIGRATION TUESDAY January 25
Session 3: Data sources and analysis of trafficking, irregular migration and transit migration
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TRANSIT MIGRATION

2. Information on transit migration
Partial information only
The same sources as for trafficking / smuggling and irregular migration
Apprehensions: % that are citizens from non-neighbouring countries
e.g. ICMPD study: estimates 100, ,000 irregular migrants crossing the Mediterranean annually:
35,000 (29%) Sub-Saharan
30,000 (25%) in transit from other regions
55,000 (46%) citizens from neighbour countries

3. Apprehension data also used to help describe routes and networks
Other data sources:
surveys
Eurostat/NIDI survey study on migration: 18% of Senegalese in Spain reported they had transited through other countries (West-Africa, Europe) before reaching Spain
qualitative studies
e.g. IOM series of reports on transit migration, mid 1990s