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Revealed: Eastern Africa’s most dangerous migration route

International Organisation for Migration (IOM) East, Horn and Southern Africa Deputy Regional Director Nihan Erdogan addresses journalists during the closing session of the 3rd Igad Ministerial Conference on Labour, Employment and Labour Migration at the Argyle Grand Hotel in Nairobi on October 22, 2025.

By  The East African

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Nairobi. The Horn of Africa is facing a renewed surge in human trafficking and irregular migration, with Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritrea singled out as major hotspots for smugglers exploiting desperate jobseekers.

Fresh data from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reveals that illegal labour migration along the Eastern Route — stretching through Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, and Yemen — has sharply increased in the first eight months of 2025, cementing its place as one of the world’s busiest and most perilous migration corridors.

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