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Migrants prepare for a football match at the beach.

What the EU can learn from Africa

Displacement, Migration, Integration | Refugee Policy | Migration policy

Many African countries are mainstreaming migration governance for greater coherence and inclusivity. Europe can draw some valuable lessons from this.


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Migrants onboard PROTEA, on the voyage to Australia

Is it time to turn down the volume on the migration debate?

Displacement, Migration, Integration | Refugee Policy | Migration policy

Loudly opposing restrictive migration policies is counterproductive; a quieter, more honest approach might be better suited for shifting the debate


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June 29, 2022, Nador, Morocco: View of the border between Nador and Melilla.

The EU’s blind spots

Displacement, Migration, Integration | Refugee Policy

EU’s externalisation policy is benefitting smugglers, has adverse effect for Africa’s economic and social prosperity and overlooks that 96% of African...


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ExCom 2023 with 3 refugee advisors on state delegations: US, Canada and Germany.

Shifting Power: Advancing Refugee Participation at the Global Refugee Forum

Displacement, Migration, Integration | Refugee Policy

Increased participation at the upcoming GRF can increase refugees’ tangible influence on issues that directly impact their lives.


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Seenotrettung: private Seenotretter der Organisation "Ärzte ohne Grenzen" im zentralen Mittelmeer: die als Rettungsschiff gecharterte "Geo Barents" mit Overlay der Artikelreihe zur EU-Asylreform

Taking aim at sea rescue

Displacement, Migration, Integration | Refugee Policy

How the EU and its Member States are hindering civilian sea rescues and exacerbating the humanitarian disaster in the Mediterranean


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EU-finanzierter Teil des befestigten Grenzzauns mit Wachturm entlang des Evros-Flusses zwischen Griechenland und Türkei. Darauf zu sehen ist ein Overlay der FES-Artikelreihe zur GEAS, ein Symbol aus Stacheldraht und den 12 Sternen der Europaflagge..

No peace in sight

Displacement, Migration, Integration | Refugee Policy

The EU is preparing a new asylum compromise. But it does not really bring anything new to the table. The disappointed expectations of the citizens...


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Weltkarte in Grau und Weiß. Hervorgehoben sind die Länder Mexiko, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Gambia, Liberia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Kosovo und Bangladesch.

Changing reintegration in a meaningful way

Displacement, Migration, Integration | Refugee Policy

Reintegration assistance for migrants going home is important for the EU. And yet, it is ineffective — involving returnee initiatives can reverse...


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Auf dem Bild sieht man, wie Soldaten der tunesischen Armee versuchen, Ägypter während einer Protestaktion eines Flüchtlingslagers in der Nähe des libyschen und tunesischen Grenzübergangs Ras Jdir zu beruhigen, nachdem sie am 28. Februar 2011 vor den Unruhen in Libyen geflohen waren.

A prison guard for Europe

Displacement, Migration, Integration | Refugee Policy

The EU aims to externalise its borders and repel migrants deemed undesirable — a new deal with Tunisia assigns them a key role.


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Europaflagge hinter Stacheldraht

Headlines like “the EU agrees on asylum reform” are premature

Displacement, Migration, Integration | Refugee Policy

MEP Birgit Sippel on why a compromise on the new EU asylum reform is still pending and Parliament will face difficult negotiations with the Council


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Heimat? Häuser von zurückgekehrten Migrant:innen im Kosovo, einer der Fallstudien der Reintegrationsstudie des BICC: ein ehemaliges IDP Camp nahe Graçanica, ein Rohbau auf dem Land in Drenica und eine Minderheitensiedlung in Fushë Kosovë

When returning home feels like hell

Displacement, Migration, Integration | Causes of Displacement | Refugee Policy

Migrants returning to their country of origin often face precarious situations. Yet, policymakers cling to ineffective but supposedly quick solutions


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