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Vulnerabilization of Migrant Workers During Crises

Claudine Burton-Jeangros — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 08:39:24 +0000

The COVID-19 pandemic hit undocumented migrant workers, a population already living in precarious and particularly hard circumstances. Often overlooked and misunderstood, their lives remain largely invisible with limited data available to illustrate their struggles, especially in times of crisis. In Geneva, Switzerland, many grappled to cope with losing their jobs,

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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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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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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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A Comparison of EU’s Approaches to Imminent Mass Influxes

Ayse Yildiz Demir — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 07:30:53 +0000

Over the last decade, European countries have faced mass influxes mainly due to internal conflicts and wars. The European Union (EU) has responded to these challenges with a diverse set of approaches. Two distinct strategies stand out: EU readmission agreements for managing irregular mass influxes from North Africa and the

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L’asile en marges : les requérant·e·s d’asile face à la gestion migratoire

Raphaël Rey — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 07:30:46 +0000

Toute personne qui demande l’asile, en Suisse ou ailleurs en Europe, passe par une procédure juridique visant à reconnaître la légitimité de sa demande, sa qualité de réfugié·e, son besoin de protection, et à lui attribuer ou non un statut qui lui permettra de séjourner légalement sur le territoire national.

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Smugglers and Estate Agents: Syrian Refugee Views on Informality in Germany

Hilal Alkan — Fri, 21 May 2021 09:43:52 +0000

During the Syrian conflict that sparked after the insurgency in 2011, 5,6 million Syrians sought refuge in other countries. During their life-changing journeys, in order to achieve mobility, Syrians have had to seek illegal services of some intermediaries. These professionals, whom Syrians call “simsar,” are brokers of mobility, across borders

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Seeking Asylum in Europe? Informality is the Path to Legality

Romm Lewkowicz — Thu, 06 May 2021 07:30:00 +0000

Refugees are vilified for using illegal practices. But illegality is deeply embedded in Europe’s asylum system: hotspots formalize smuggling routes as a precondition for asylum; illegal ‘push-backs’ push migrants to destroy papers; and overburdened states pressure refugees to move to more prosperous ones, illegally. There is a clear shift in

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The Informal Practices of Transnational Migrant Entrepreneurs in Barcelona: Three Contrasting Cases

Laure Sandoz — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 07:30:00 +0000

In recent academic literature, transnational migrant entrepreneurs are represented as active agents capable of mobilizing resources situated in different countries to develop businesses. Mobility, however, is an unequally distributed resource, and restrictive migration regimes limit the possibilities of individuals to become entrepreneurs. An ethnographic study in Barcelona highlights the obstacles

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