ICMPD Migration Outlook 2026: What are the 10 migration issues to look out for in 2026? | ICMPD

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In 2025, EU Member States recorded a 26% decrease in irregular arrivals and a 21% decrease in asylum applications. It is the first marked decline in these figures in many years, and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development’s (ICMPD) Migration Outlook report, released today, says that this should provide momentum to the EU’s Asylum and Migration Pact implementation. 🔗 Read and download the ICMPD Migration Outlook 2026 at: https://www.icmpd.org/file/download/66836/file/ICMPD%20Migration%20Outlook%202026.pdf?inLanguage=eng-GB&version=1 🔗 Learn more about ICMPD's work at: https://www.icmpd.org/ 🌐Follow @icmpd on: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-centre-for-migration-policy-development-/ - X: https://twitter.com/ICMPD - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ICMPD - Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/icmpd.org 📧 Subscribe to ICMPD's Newsletter: https://www.icmpd.org/newsletter 🎙️ Listen to the Migration Podcast by ICMPD: https://www.icmpd.org/podcast 00:00 Introduction 00:16 1.Record conflict levels sustaining high displacement risks. 00:52 2.Global crises as the great unknown in Europe’s migration outlook. 01:27 3.Growing impacts of cuts to humanitarian aid and refugee support 02:05 4.Deepened EU–North Africa relations amid migration pressures and labour mobility initiatives. 02:47 5.The new Pact and the hard slog of implementation. 03:21 6.The push for tangible results after a new returns framework. 03:48 7.A sustained Realpolitik turn in migration policy. 04:22 8.Labour migration in EU geopolitics. 04:53 9.The rise of a skills-based approach. 05:23 10.Two scenarios after the US strike in Venezuela. 06:05 More Information