COMET partners have been engaged over three years in the development of a coordinated network of complementary pathways from Africa to Europe. A partnership of fourteen from seven countries has used its collective experience, expertise and creativity to develop common tools, to advocate for new pathways and to meet political and practical challenges over the lifetime of the project.

Expanding on the conclusions within the COMET final report, all of the COMET partners offered useful insights into their experience of implementing the project. These ranged from the nuts and bolts of developing and negotiating the establishment of a pathway to the important work of accompanying those directly involved in using one, whether as hosts or hosted, and the associated psychological implications of that engagement (see more here), whilst the Spanish context was used as a case study for considering the establishment of new pathways.