This special issue of the Journal of Migration and Societies brings together sixteen original research articles examining migration in North Africa in its full complexity. Spanning history, geography, anthropology, public health, law, political science, and sociology, the collection addresses a region that sits at one of the world's most consequential migration crossroads — where sub-Saharan African mobility systems meet the Mediterranean, where colonial histories shape contemporary realities, and where some of the most urgent questions in global migration governance are being played out in real time.