Racines Work Package

MADAR Network partner Racines aisbl carried out a Work Package on migration challenges in Morocco.

The outputs of the work package include a documentary film about the daily life of migrants in Morocco and a research study on the context of migration and its legal framework within the country.

Racines also held a workshop for media and journalists in partnership with SENICAR and Réseau Marocain des Journalistes des Migrations.

AMI Work Package

MADAR Network partner organisation AMI (led by Prof. Mehdi Lahlou) conducted an in-depth analysis of Moroccan migration laws and policies since 2003 as part of a MADAR funded Work Package. The researchers also carried out one hundred interviews with relevant stakeholders in four regions of Morocco. The research took place between 2021 and 2022.

Scoping Study: Support and Migration in Morocco

In 2021, MADAR commissioned a scoping study exploring migration, humanitarian protection, and acts of solidarity in Morocco.

The research, which was carried out between November 2021 and March 2023, consisted of 28 semi-structured interviews, a focus group and three in-depth case-studies across multiple sites in Morocco. The analysis of the findings are articulated within a report and a series of blog posts for the wider public. As a scoping study, the project has also outlined a number of important issues to shape future research on the topic.

APCS Work Package

The Association for AIDS Protection (APCS), a recipient of a research grant from MADAR, conducted a study in 2022 focused on the reproductive health rights of sub-Saharan migrant women in Algeria. The study, commissioned by MADAR, employs a mixed-methods approach, incorporating qualitative (focus groups) and quantitative (electronic questionnaires) methods, involving 500 women and 9 focus groups.

CREAD Work Package

MADAR partner in Algeria, Research Center in Applied Economics for Development (CREAD), led a study on migrants’ integration in Algeria’s informal economy from May to June 2022.

The aim of the research was to understand how migrants, including those who are forcibly displaced integrate into the informal economy of the host country. The study also examined the reasons behind migration, the risks incurred on the migratory route, and the perception of the host and final destination countries.

The team included researchers in sociology, statistics, political science, communication, and economics, as well as civil society actors and artists. 33 interviewees were involved in the study, including 24 migrants and 9 decision-makers.