New report: 'Tunisia - Growing Irregular Migration Flows Amid Worsening Political Fragility

I'm delighted to announce the publication of my new report, 'Tunisia - Growing Irregular Migration Flows Amid Worsening Political Fragility.’

The report looks at the evolution of human smuggling and trafficking in Tunisia in 2021, as well as assessing the political and economic dynamics with intensified during the year. It ends with a brief look ahead for the second half of 2022.

It can be access here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/human-smuggling-trafficking-ecosystems-north-africa-sahel/

Report Launch: Conflict, Coping and Covid: Changing human smuggling and trafficking dynamics in North Africa and the Sahel in 2019 and 2020

I'm delighted to provide my latest report for the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime: "Conflict, Coping and Covid: Changing human smuggling and trafficking dynamics in North Africa and the Sahel in 2019 and 2020."

Written in collaboration with Mark Micallef, Rupert Horsley, Alexandre Bish, Alice Fereday, and Peter Tinti, the report details human smuggling and trafficking trends (and broader organized crime, security and political issues around them) in Libya, Tunisia, Chad, Niger and Mali. It encapsulates the monthly reporting the GI has conducted on the subjects throughout 2019 and 2020 (and which remains ongoing).

The report can be found here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/smuggling-trafficking-sahel-2020/

Podcast: Tunisia: Political Unrest and the Illicit Economy

In a new podcast from the Global Initiative, I dig into why and how irregular migration from Tunisia has surged over the last 12 months, and forecast what we can expect in 2021.

Addition segments of the podcast feature Hiba Tlili, discussing Tunisia’s political crisis, and Dr. Dalia Ghanem discussing her work on women and smuggling on the Tunisia-Algeria border.

The podcast can be accessed here: Tunisia: Political Unrest and the Illicit Economy.

Report: Securing and Stabilising Borders in North and West Africa

Securing border areas is very different from other parts of a country and needs tailored security sector reform programming. This report delves into some of the idiosyncratic elements of the borders environment, and offers brief recommendations on approaches which can help to better tailor SSR programmes in those areas.

It is available here.