A new study by the University of Liège that takes a closer look at the situation in Belgium shows that there is public support for granting undocumented migrants who work legal status.
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An analysis of the data shows fears of large-scale migration from Africa to Europe are exaggerated.
Denmark has some of the strictest asylum legislation in Europe.
Across the EU, nearly 10% of long-term care workers are foreign-born.
Trump isn’t alone in using tariffs, travel bans and sanctions to make countries play ball on deportations. But the other side of migration diplomacy can be incentives for countries willing to take on refugees.
European leaders are considering plans to set up more deportation camps in countries that are – like Albania – candidates for EU membership.
The Rwanda policy ultimately never got off the ground before the general election.
Nando Sigona and Michaela Benson argue Britain’s Rwanda plan was brought about as a result of a Brexit-made policy failure. Listen on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
By externalising migration control the EU endangers lives, props up dictators, and empowers far-right parties.
The migratory crisis in Lampedusa prompts us to look beyond the media frenzy and reflect on the real causes and consequences of what is happening on the island.
More than 2 million Ukrainians have fled the country since the Russian invasion. The EU has welcomed the refugees, but research shows that host communities may tire of the newcomers.
While eastern European countries are quick to offer aid to Belarusians, this only highlights their harsh approach to refugees from the Middle East.
The militarisation of borders and securitisation of migration have always failed to stop irregular migration.
After fire destroyed a migrant reception centre on the Greek island of Lesbos, the EU needs a more welcoming approach to asylum.
Official statistics record 377 deaths in the Mediterranean in 2020, but the true figure is likely to be much higher.
Migrants have been left to die in the Mediterranean as Italy and Malta declared their harbours ‘unsafe’ in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
Five years ago, communities in Italy and Greece volunteered to help migrants and refugees. Now that solidarity has disappeared. Why?
Research in Sicily finds that anti-immigration policies don’t slow the flow of immigrants, but do hurt local residents in communities where migrants first arrive.
London’s superdiversity offers a safe and welcoming space for European citizens – but Brexit poses a real challenge to it.
Only rarely are refugees’ and migrants’ words taken into account about the reception system in Europe. And what they tell us is frightening.
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Leader of Research Group “The Production of Knowledge on Migration” at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Liverpool
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Professor in Public Sociology, Lancaster University
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Research Associate Professor, Old Dominion University
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Professor (Human Geography), University of Zululand
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Professor in International Politics, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of International Politics, University of Warwick
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Associate professor, IE University
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Research Associate Professor at the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, Old Dominion University
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Investigadora senior del Instituto de Derechos Humanos, Universidad de Deusto
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Arizona
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Researcher, School for Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of Business Ethics, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation