A list of key migration questions

To define key migration questions and refine the methodology to be used in the CROSS-MIGRATION project and individual WPs. The workshops organised as part of task 1.2 will enable members of the Research Network (WP2) and the Policy Network to put forward a set of ‘key migration questions’. These questions will guide the synthesis to be done in subsequent work packages. Following the workshops, the WP leaders will meet to discuss the emerging data from the workshops and how these may help to refine the objectives, activities and desired outputs and outcomes of the project, and for each separate work package. With regard to the thematic work packages (WPs 4-7), the dialogue between researchers and policy-makers will allow for a further definition of: the broad focus of the work package, the key questions to explore, the activities that the work package lead and its partner(s) need to undertake to develop an answer to those, and the format in which the answers will be provided to policy-makers, both in terms of the database and the outputs vis-à-vis policy-makers . This exercise will contribute to the development of a WP work plan where the outputs and scope for policy recommendations are firmly integrated from the very start, while leaving sufficient flexibility for the project team to respond to events that may occur in the life of the project. The above should facilitate the translation of the research done into policy-relevant messages and engagement, and would avoid the pitfall of reflecting on these questions at the very end.