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Syrian Refugee Return: Views from the Ground in Jordan

Nelly Müller — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 07:52:27 +0000

After the Assad regime fell in December 2024, several European governments swiftly announced they would suspend asylum processing for Syrians. Yet, the pressure for refugee returns had existed well before the regime’s fall. In Jordan, local NGOs highlight ongoing concerns about who is responsible for ensuring that refugee returns are

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Living the Securitized Border: Testimonies from the Central Mediterranean Sea

Anna Marino — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:30:48 +0000

Europe’s borders are not just distant physical barriers but powerful forces shaping how we perceive and manage migration across the continent. “Thinking Outside the Border,” an illustrated booklet launched by doctoral researcher Anna Marino, focuses on this reality. Created with the activist Simone Gavazzi and illustrator Arianna Sisani, the project

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Legal Perspectives on Im/mobility Regimes in Times of Crises

Stefanie Kurt — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 08:30:40 +0000

When crises strike, the ability to move, or to be forced to stay, often comes down to legal status. Whether it is lockdowns during the pandemic, or the special protection offered to Ukrainian refugees, laws regulate who gets to cross borders, who has to stay in place, and under what

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Mobility and Immobility in International Migration Trajectories

Ibrahim Soysüren — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:47:33 +0000

The definition of migration has been subject to long conceptual discussions throughout history. Studies that investigate human migrations crossing national borders have failed to adequately account for the notion of mobility. One of the central objectives of the nccr – on the move is to explore the interconnectedness of migration

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Mobile Resistance: The Rise of Digital Nomadism in COVID-19 China

Jinjin Zhang — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 07:29:17 +0000

In a world where state power is tightening its grip, how do we make sense of the desire for mobility? And what does digital nomadism look like in the Global South, especially in a country like China during the COVID-19 era? While the pandemic may feel like a thing of

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A New Pact on Migration and Asylum: What Changes for Responsibility-Sharing in the European Union?

Maud Bachelet — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 08:30:41 +0000

After more than three years of negotiations and just before the upcoming elections of the European Parliament, the European Union (EU) reached a provisional agreement on a new migration deal. Hailed as a historic agreement that will overhaul the EU’s migration and asylum policy framework, how would this deal change

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Is It Still Worth Arguing Over the Concept of “Climate Refugee”?

Cyprien Fluzin — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:13:26 +0000

Refugee lawyers have long contested the popular use of the term “climate refugee.” What could seem like legal nitpicking has the merit of highlighting major differences in legal categories. It also reveals international law’s current inability to offer adequate systematic solutions to forced cross-border displacement caused by climate change. Nonetheless,

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Environment-Induced Mobilities: The Stories that the Field Tells

Mrittika Bhattacharya — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 08:30:45 +0000

In Sundarban, India, my conversation with a Bangladeshi woman challenged the common perceptions surrounding environment-induced mobilities, since she cited insufficient income as the primary reason behind moving with her family. This made me look beyond the “obvious” during a six-month exploration using Feminist Participatory Action Research, revealing the interplay between

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Frontex’s Normalization of Crisis at the EU Borders

Eline Waerp — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 08:00:02 +0000

In 2015, more than a million refugees and migrants came to Europe during the so-called ‘migration crisis.’ This prompted a host of security-oriented responses to protect the EU’s external borders, spearheaded by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex). While the number of irregular border crossings has decreased substantially

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Lampedusa: Thinking Outside the Border

Anna Marino — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 05:05:52 +0000

Last summer, the Southern Mediterranean coast – and the Italian island of Lampedusa – gained significant media attention due to the arrival of numerous migrants on its shores. The Mediterranean Sea, seen as one of the most dangerous in the world, and Lampedusa are now recognized as Europe’s primary borders

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