The most recent trip was to Tashkent in Uzbekistan, where Pinar Aslan Akay and Jenny Bergsten conducted intensive fieldwork. Thus, the data collection phase of the project is now complete. During their stay in Tashkent, the research team held meetings with several key stakeholders relevant to the study, including the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Migration Research Centre (MRC), and representatives from Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Interior, and Migration Service. These discussions have provided valuable insights into how information about legal migration pathways is produced, disseminated, and received, as well as the institutional and practical conditions that influence these processes.
The research team is very satisfied with the empirical data collected during the project’s three field trips. The work is now entering a new phase in which all empirical data will be compiled and analyzed. A first draft of the report will be completed this spring, which will then be reviewed at an academic seminar this summer.
The final report is scheduled to be presented in late 2026. Expected results include an in-depth knowledge base that can guide policymakers and practitioners in the design of future migration policy initiatives, with the goal of promoting the use of legal migration pathways to Sweden.
