Migration and asylum

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Migrant / refugee lifeboat at Therma beach

World Refugee Day 2022 – Flight across the Aegean… History repeating itself

Some 100 million people are currently forcibly displaced worldwide. This year's World Refugee Day therefore, once again, marks a sad record: never before have there been so many refugees as this year, according to UNHCR figures. The brutal war of aggression against Ukraine has played a part in that.

By Neda Noraie-Kia

Ukraine's refugees: "The EU took a good first step. Now they need the right protection"

Interview

Since the start of Russia's war against Ukraine on 24 February 2022, three and a half million people have fled the country. A conversation with Tineke Strik MEP on the triggering of the EU Temporary Protection Directive and what chances and challenges come with it.

By Anna Schwarz

Beyond the Crisis Mode of the EU-Turkey Refugee Agreement

E-paper

This policy paper assesses the effects of the EU Turkey Refugee Agreement for Greece, Turkey and the European Union. It provides an overview of the 2015 context and the development of the agreement and analyses its repercussions in the region as well as for the EU as a whole. It concludes that the EU needs a strong alternative to the current agreement with Turkey, which is rights-based and sustainable.

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Asylum and migration policy, Traffic Light coalition-style: a new start for Germany, new hope for Europe

Analysis

The chapter of the coalition agreement of the new German government on integration, migration and flight is highly ambitious. What changes does it set out at EU policy level?

By Neda Noraie-Kia and Anna Schwarz

More say for cities: a glimmer of hope for a new direction in EU refugee and asylum policy

Analysis

Whilst the national governments have been reflexively ducking responsibility for years, there are many cities in Europe, from London to Munich and Vienna to Lille, Barcelona and Lisbon, that are expressing solidarity and a readiness to take in refugees.

By Neda Noraie-Kia and Dr. Christine Pütz

Cities from across Europe are rethinking migration policy

Project

The launch of the “Moving Cities" website on 21 October 2021 is a clear indication of how much dynamic power cities and communes are generating in the hosting and integration of refugees.

By Claudia Rothe

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Looking for pact-makers: the debate on the deadlocked EU Migration and Asylum Pact

Analysis

More than a year after the European Commission tabled the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, negotiations are at a standstill, while the number of asylum seekers arriving in the Union is sharply increasing. The Afghan crisis has made apparent the absence of uniform and coordinated responses by EU Member States.

By Christopher Hein

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Migration and asylum

World Refugee Day 2022 – Flight across the Aegean… History repeating itself

Ukraine's refugees: "The EU took a good first step. Now they need the right protection"

Beyond the Crisis Mode of the EU-Turkey Refugee Agreement

On the radar – How civil society work is under threat in Greece

Feminist foreign policy in action: exiled Afghan women MPs in Greece

Tunisia's migration policy: the ambiguous consequences of democratization

Asylum and migration policy, Traffic Light coalition-style: a new start for Germany, new hope for Europe

More say for cities: a glimmer of hope for a new direction in EU refugee and asylum policy

Cities from across Europe are rethinking migration policy

Looking for pact-makers: the debate on the deadlocked EU Migration and Asylum Pact