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Participants of the Feminist Forum on Migration & Displacement 2024 working on a wall poster.

Care Work at a Cost: The Plight of Migrant Domestic Workers

23.01.2025 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Migration policy, Gender Weltweit

There is a need for intersectional feminist policies and collective action to address the conditions of migrant domestic workers. An article on the Feminist Forum on Migration and Displacement.
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esidents survey the destruction along a rubble-strewn road in Maarrat Misrin, northern Idlib governorate, on December 2, 2024 after an airstrike .

Time, safety and stability key to refugee return to Syria

16.01.2025 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Integration Policy, Migration policy

Why the call for Syrian refugees to be returned as soon as possible undermines the prospects of successful (re)integration and what should be done instead.
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Berlin, sign in the entrance area of the Welcome Centre - advice centre of the Berlin Senate Commissioner for Integration and Migration.

Intercultural opening in public administration: A look at Berlin

19.12.2024 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Migration policy

Any successful strategy in the fight against the shortage of skilled workers must include employees with a migration background, says Katarina Niewiedzial, Berlin Senate Commissioner for participation, integration and migration.
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A barrier installed at the beginning of a bridge crossing the Niger River, as seen from Benin.

At the expense of the population

18.12.2024 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Migration policy

The harsh consequences of the border closure between Benin and Niger. Guest article by Abou-Bakari Imorou on the occasion of the International Migrants Day
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A refugee woman with a headscarf works in the training workshop for handicraft training.

Error: Potential not found

21.11.2024 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Integration Policy, Migration policy

“No one even knows who is in this country.” At least in terms of job market potential, this assertion certainly holds true.
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The light installation entitled ‘Diversity is our strength’ by artist Christoph Stark shines from the roof of a high-rise building. The words Diversity is our home can be read.

Decisive action, smart integration

07.11.2024 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Integration Policy, Migration policy

Chief Administrative Officer of the Federal district of Minden-Lübbecke, Ali Doğan, criticises the ideological narrowing of the migration debate and calls for a stronger focus on opportunities and infrastructure, especially at a local level.
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Iryna Pinchuk in a black evening dress in her home country of Ukraine next to border elements.

A progressive approach to explaining migration: A transnational perspective

31.10.2024 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Integration Policy, Migration policy

Iryna Pinchuk fled the war in Ukraine in 2022. She reflects on personal boundaries, identity and the path to her new reality.
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A tube station was temporarily renamed ‘Diversity’. German "Vielfalt"

Playing with our fears – and how we have to push back

24.10.2024 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Migration policy

How we can achieve a progressive narrative based on humanity, when terms such as “security” and “fear” have become omnipresent in the migration discourse.
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Vorschaubild der Artikelreihe "New Pact on Migration and Asylum Implementation"

The EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum: A Step Forward or More of the Same?

17.10.2024 Migration policy

The New Pact introduces bold reforms, but is it enough to deliver true solidarity or just a patchwork of political compromises? A series of studies of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the Foundation for European Progressive Studies and the European...
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Luftansicht von einer Reihe an Schlauchbooten und Außenmotoren an einem Hafen

Labour’s approach to immigration in government

15.10.2024 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Migration policy

In the very first days after the change of government, the new Labour government scrapped the Rwanda deal, which had been vehemently promoted by the Tories. However, this does not solve the challenges in migration policy. Sunder Katwala outlines the...
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