Asia and the Pacific

The outbreak of COVID-19 has affected global mobility through various travel disruptions and restrictions.

This snapshot summarizes available data on Pakistani nationals in Europe in 2020 and 2021. The first page visualizes the number of Pakistani nationals who arrived by land and sea in the European Union and those who transited through the Western Balkan and Eastern Europe region in 2021.

This snapshot summarizes available data on Pakistani nationals in Europe in 2020. The first page visualizes the number of Pakistani nationals who arrived by land and sea in the European Union and those who transited through the Western Balkan and Eastern Europe region in 2020.

The Flow Monitoring Surveys (FMS) are part of the IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) activities in the Mediterranean region, which started in October 2015 and are conducted within the framework of IOM’s research on populations on the move through the Mediterranean and Western Balkan Routes

With the increasing importance of Europe as a destination country for Pakistani nationals, the objective of the Survey on Drivers of Migration: Migrants in Europe During COVID-19 (SDM 2) is to present a snapshot of Pakistani migrants (either in transit locations or final destinations) in Eu

The surveys with migrants en route are part of the IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) data collection activities in West and Central Africa, East and Horn of Africa, Libya and Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Hungary, Italy, North Macedonia, Montenegro,Romani

The key finding of this report is that motivations for Pakistani emigration revolve primarily around seeking better livelihood and income opportunities. This is reinforced by the historical relevance of labour migration out of Pakistan as well as previous data collection and analyses by IOM DTM.