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Route-based Research
To provide a more in-depth understanding of the migration dynamics across the East and Horn of Africa, the Regional Data Hub (RDH) has developed a corridor-based research strategy along the region’s three main migratory corridors:
- The Eastern Corridor towards the Arabian Peninsula and in particular Saudi Arabia
- The Southern Corridor towards the southern part of the continent and in particular South Africa
- Northern Corridor which runs through Sudan towards Northern Africa and Europe.
The research strategy was launched in 2019 along the Eastern Corridor, followed by the Southern Corridor in 2020. The RDH expanded its research portfolio to the Northern Corridor in 2022 with the aim to provide a more nuanced understanding of Ethiopian, Eritrean and Sudanese migrants’ profiles along this corridor, how they make their decisions to migrate, the drivers of their migration and the experiences and needs of vulnerable groups on this route. Data were collected in three locations in Sudan (Khartoum, Al Fashir and Kassala) between February and April 2023, prior to the armed conflict that erupted in Khartoum in mid-April.
A complete overview of the RDH research strategy and portfolio can be found in the 2023 RDH Research Snapshot