Several Migrant Resource Centres (MRCs) have been set up in South Asia jointly by national governments of origin and destination countries. Their objectives include encouragement of potential migrants to seek regular rather than irregular routes and to ensure the safety of those migrating, regardless of status. Of theoretical note, their activities utilise innovative, highly personalised counselling. This article provides quasi-experimental evidence of the effect of four activities – telephone and online counselling, and college outreach and pre-departure sessions – on 2215 randomly allocated users of the MRCs' services across six MRCs in four countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq and Pakistan. The effects are a large reduction in self-reported likelihood of migrating irregularly, and a strong increase in awareness of safe options and who to contact for assistance whilst migrating. The effects are consistent across activity type and MRC location, although magnitudes vary. These findings have implications for our understanding of how the decision to migrate is made, what interventions are effective and why.

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移民资源中心如何影响移民决定：来自阿富汗、孟加拉国、伊拉克和巴基斯坦的准实验证据

南亚原籍国和目的地国政府联合设立了多个移民资源中心（MRC）。他们的目标包括鼓励潜在移民寻求正规而非非正规路线，并确保移民的安全，无论其身份如何。值得注意的是，他们的活动利用了创新的、高度个性化的咨询。本文提供了四项活动（电话和在线咨询、大学外展和出发前课程）对 4 个国家（阿富汗、孟加拉国、伊拉克）六个 MRC 中 2215 名随机分配的 MRC 服务用户的影响的准实验证据。和巴基斯坦。其影响是自我报告的不规则迁移的可能性大大降低，人们对安全选择以及移民时应联系谁寻求帮助的认识大幅提高。尽管幅度有所不同，但不同活动类型和 MRC 位置的影响是一致的。这些发现有助于我们理解移民决定是如何做出的、哪些干预措施是有效的以及为什么有效。