Millions of people around the world are on the move – within their own country or across borders. Many have been displaced by conflict, political instability, natural disasters and the impacts of climate change, or driven by poverty and economic crisis to seek work elsewhere in the hope of a better life. At the Freedom Fund, we are supporting our frontline partners to:

• Hold governments around the world accountable for protecting migrants’ rights and ending their illegal exploitation
• Help communities to make informed choices about migration and understand its potential dangers
• Offer returnees comprehensive support to address their trauma and enable them to build viable, independent livelihoods in their home countries.

Recent research on safer migration includes:

• The role of agents and brokers in facilitating Ethiopian women into domestic work in the Middle East (2022)
• Lived realities of sustained liberation for survivors of trafficking in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2022)
• Towards safer recruitment of Ethiopian women into
  domestic work abroad (2022)
• Preventing human trafficking of refugees
  from Ukraine (2022)

Photo credit: Genaye Eshetu / The Freedom Fund