Between 26 of January and 3rd of February, parts of the project team travelled to Baghdad in Iraq and Erbil in the Kurdish region of Iraq to carry out the project's second field study and collect both empirical material for the upcoming report and communication material for Delmis website. During this project trip, interviews, meetings and communication activities were carried out to gather knowledge about information sharing on legal migration.
During the stay, the author group and the communication group met with representatives from, among others, IOM Iraq, the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Rwanga Foundation and the Migrant Resource Centre to gain a deeper understanding of how information on legal migration is disseminated and how the work to promote legal migration is conducted.
An important starting point for Delmis project is to deepen and nuance knowledge about how information sharing on legal migration is designed and implemented in third countries. By conducting communication activities and interviews with these actors, understanding of their experiences, challenges and perspectives increases, which in turn gives the public a clearer picture of how the work with potential migrants works in practice.
Quote from Diana Berberich, Communications officer within the project.
The project trip provided valuable insights into local conditions, challenges and opportunities linked to legal migration and constitutes an important basis for Delmis continued work. The last trip within the project will be carried out in March, then to Uzbekistan, and the report is planned to be launched in the fall of 2026.
A big thank you to everyone who took the time to meet with us and shared their knowledge!
During the spring, several interviews will be published on Delmi's website and LinkedIn.
The project is funded by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF).