Dec 04, 2023

Displacement and Migration in the International Climate Negotiations: Loss and Damage Debate Offers New Scope of Action

International climate negotiations have historically neglected how climate change is increasing displacement, migration, and involuntary immobility. The new Loss and Damage Fund offers an opportunity to bring this epochal challenge onto the agenda.
Nov 27, 2023

Europe’s Migration Deals in the Sahel Must be Revised 

Amid rising irregular migration into Europe from the Sahel, a new approach to migration is needed. This new strategy should focus on displacement, area-based approaches, and treating underlying drivers of migration.
Dec 10, 2020

The EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum: A Tsunami of Papers but Little Waves of Change

This argues that the Pact on Migration and Asylum is inspired by a more conservative vision and does not really embrace the new wave. While it acknowledges the full dimension of the problems, its proposals remain rather minimalist or unspecified.
Jul 20, 2020

Migration and the 2030 Agenda: Making Everyone Count

The Sustainable Development Goals hardly consider the needs of migrants and refugees, thus potentially exasperating existing challenges. More comprehensive data is needed to fully account for these groups when implementing sustainable development agendas.
Jan 24, 2020

EU-Turkey Cooperation over Migration

Despite its recent threats, Ankara is signaling interest in cooperating on migration governance. This recommends that in the likely continuation of the Statement, the EU should link the implementation of the Statement to issues of rule of law.
Oct 18, 2019

Rethinking EU Migration and Asylum Policies

The report explains how closer cooperation on asylum and migration policies among EU member states and with countries of origin and transit can improve outcomes for all stakeholders. It provides insights on moving EU asylum and migration policy forward.
Jun 27, 2019

Can Regular Replace Irregular Migration Across the Mediterranean?

This finds that expanding legal migration pathways alone, unless mixed with other policy approaches, would have only a limited effect on reducing illegal migration from Africa to Europe.
Oct 31, 2018

No Strangers at the Gate: Collective Responsibility and a Region’s Response to the Venezuelan Refugee and Migration Crisis

The regional response to Venezuelan refugees and migrants has been marked by a spirit of solidarity. Nonetheless, many significant challenges to effective response remain; this report offers concrete proposals for action.
Oct 04, 2018

EU Migration ‘Crisis’ and African Complicity in Migration Management

This argues that without pragmatic policy agreements on migration, Africa and the EU are likely to encounter political and economic backlash that will lead to instability in both regions.
Sep 27, 2018

The Governance of Migration and Border Controls in the European-North African Context

This identifies a number of trends in the responses of MENA states on migration, highlighting that MENA governments are “embedded” in the broader trend of criminalizing migration and reinforcing state control.