Migration Aspirations and Development Interventions in Compounding Crisis. ADMIGOV Deliverable 6.5

This report synthesizes the conclusions of WP6 in the ADMIGOV project focusing on development interventions and refugees' and other migrants' migration aspirations. The primary questions guiding the research were: Under what conditions are migration decision-making processes influenced by development interventions? To what extent do different migration decision-making factors shape migration decisions?  The selected countries for analysis were chosen as large refugee hosting environments (Ethiopia, Lebanon, Turkey), being a core transit country towards the European Union (EU) (Mali) and having regular migration of nationals (Ethiopia and Mali).  The consolidated results highlight four key findings. First, there is a wide diversity of access to development interventions across the study countries. Second, migration aspirations are higher among refugee populations in most contexts. Third, COVID-19 is not cited as a major influence in changing migration aspirations, in Turkey refugees stated it postponed their plans but did not change them. Finally, the research shows that the study countries were all facing compounding crisis’ that went beyond COVID-19, stressing the need for further research and understanding of the impacts of the compounding crisis on refugees and other migrants. The final section of the report presents policy recommendations.