Forced and asylum related migration

By 2018, more than 70 million people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes, and the world's refugee population has reached more than 25 million. Factors such as conflict and war as well as disaster are the main root causes of this issues. Iran has a long history of hosting forced migrants and refugees mostly from Afghanistan for more than four decades. The Iran Migration Observatory intends to address the issue of refugees and forced migration in Iran and the Middle East with a policy and governance approach. The main goals of forced and asylum related migration research group are:

• Research and monitoring the global trend of forced and asylum related migration and in neighboring countries by focusing on Afghanistan and Iraq.
• Conducting surveys and research in the field of economic, social and cultural issues of forced migrants and refugees in Iran, including evaluating the desire to re-migration of migrants and refugees residing in Iran, economic effects of migrants on Iranian labor market, remittance flows of refugees and migrants residing in Iran
• Studying and applying experiences of refugee- hosting countries in the world.
• Holding training courses, conferences, lectures and summer schools to discuss about the latest updates on forced and asylum related migration in the world.
• Publishing the latest data and experiences to assist policy-makers in the field of forced and asylum related migration policies.