Practices by Stakeholder 6

Tools to encourage migrants to provide direct information

Local civil society actors that are close to migrant populations and have established relationships of trust may have more information or be well placed to gather information on migrants, in particular hidden or isolated migrants and other vulnerable groups. Activities to collect information on migrant communities include:

• Mapping less visible and other vulnerable groups, including children, migrants in an irregular immigration status, migrants in detention, and exploited workers and victims of trafficking;
• Establishing focus groups that target language and cultural minorities and isolated groups;
• Mapping migrant networks;
• Conducting door-to-door visits and other forms of grassroots outreach;
• Conducting interviews with migrant leaders, representatives, and key informants.