ABOUT SAFE AND LEGAL ROUTES 

Safe And Legal Routes is an advocacy campaign to urge governments and international organizations to better manage the migratory phenomenon. By “Safe and Legal Routes” we mean all those regularized measures and pathways that can ensure a safe passage for migrants, that do not force them to put their lives at risk to reach their country of destination. Furthermore, it is also a mechanism through which is possible to establish a robust reception and integration system on arrival, something often not possible for those arriving through irregular channels. Without safe and legal access to protection, migrants are at the mercy of smugglers and human traffickers, being victims of exploitation, violence and pushed to risk their lives on ever more dangerous journeys over land and sea, which many do not survive. Furthermore, safe and legal routes allow for better monitoring and management of cases pre-arrival and, consequently, for a faster integration, with the possibility of better tailoring to the migrants’ need and reduce waste of resources. MOAS has started this campaign to ensure that most vulnerable people can access these systems more widely, as well as benefit from the resulting, more tailored and appropriate, integration mechanisms, while simultaneously reducing the suffering and death often suffered through the use of unconventional routes. This long-term advocacy campaign is focused on a global context.