Project financed by the European Union Project implemented by ICMPD 1 In the framework of the project “Support to Africa-EU Migration and Mobility Dialogue (MMD)” State of the art The root causes of irregular migration in the region of the Rabat Process *** Study conducted by Lucie Bacon (Migrinter) and Nelly Robin (Institut de recherche pour le développement-CEPED) for the ICMPD, May 2018