MIDEQ was one of 12 global interdisciplinary research hubs funded by the GCRF to address global challenges and improve lives and opportunities in the Global South.
Drawing on the experience and expertise of our partners across 12 countries, MIDEQ has built an evidence-based understanding of overlooked mobility patterns within and between regions of the Global South as well as the intersectional inequalities and injustices faced by those who move.
By putting inequalities at the heart of the analysis and decentring the production of knowledge, the MIDEQ Hub’s work has transformed understandings of the relationships between migration and development. Our research shows that under the right conditions South-South migration has the potential to reduce inequalities and contribute to development, however it can also deepen existing inequalities and create new ones.
Through our impact interventions and engagement with policy makers at the national and global levels, we translated this knowledge into concrete policies and practices which improve the lives of migrants, their families and the communities in which they live. MIDEQ’s work also challenges dominant, and often negative migration narratives, which lack nuance and exclude migrant voices and perspectives. By using creative tools to engage new audiences, our work creates the political and policy space for different responses to the challenges and opportunities associated with South-South migration.
