The Southern Dream: Exploring Migration Dynamics from the Horn of Africa to South Africa along the Southern Route

Since the beginning of the 1990s, a growing number of Horn of Africa migrants have been observed moving towards the southern part of the continent and in particular South Africa, a migration corridor known as the Southern Route.

This is the second report in the Regional Data Hub Southern Route research series, aiming to update the 2009 IOM study In Pursuit of the Southern Dream: Victims of Necessity Assessment of the Irregular Movement of men from East Africa and the Horn to South Africa. The series intends to provide an overview of the dynamics along the Southern Corridor, looking at who is migrating, why they are migrating, how they are migrating and their experiences in countries of origin, transit and at destination.