Insights from the corridor.
Field notes on ethical recruitment, labour-mobility policy and migration finance — the realities behind governed migration.
Europe’s Union of Skills Needs Mobility Infrastructure
Europe’s “Union of Skills” requires labour mobility to be treated as infrastructure, not just recruitment. Sustainable mobility depends on co-investment, regeneration and shared benefits for workers, employers and origin countries.
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Unlocking migration’s potential through better development financing
If international labour mobility is such a powerful driver of development, why is there limited investment in building it as a functioning system?
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From Extraction to Regeneration: Designing Systems for Africa’s Real Informal Economy
If informality is Africa’s real economy, what systems will upgrade and regenerate it rather than quietly extract from it?
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An honest account of the benefits and costs of international health worker recruitment
An honest account of costs and benefits is a better starting point for policy than slogans about “ethical recruitment”. A new UK cross‑party parliamentary report on international health worker recruitment does exactly that and, in the process, points toward a more systemic, co‑invested model of mobility.
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From remittance to reinvestment: why Earn-Learn-Return is Africa's next growth story
African workers abroad now send home more than $100B a year — more than foreign aid and FDI combined. But remittances reach households, not economies. Circular migration is how that changes.
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UK care sector at breaking point: what 2026's visa changes mean for African health workers
The 2026 Health and Care Worker visa changes have tightened the front door without fixing the staffing crisis behind it. We unpack what changed, who it affects, and why structured pathways now matter more than ever.
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