All posts - Work with Refugees and Volunteer Supporters

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

28.08.2023 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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Headlines like “the EU agrees on asylum reform” are premature

06.07.2023 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

03.07.2023 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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Travellers from Russia cross the border to Georgia at the Zemo Larsi/Verkhny Lars station.

No papers, little support - Ukrainian refugees in Georgia

03.07.2023 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Causes of Displacement, Refugee Policy

From the first day of the war, Georgians have helped the fleeing Ukrainians. But even with help available, many are already facing problems
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Syrian refugees prepare to return to Syria from Wadi Hmayyed on the outskirts of the Lebanese border town of Arsal.

Political settlement first, refugee return second

19.06.2023 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Refugee Policy

Europe’s current approach to facilitating refugee returns and containing new arrivals from Syria is based on wishful thinking
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Bringing Climate Migration Voices into Global Spaces

15.06.2023 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Causes of Displacement, Refugee Policy, Migration policy

A civil society delegation highlighting voices of climate-impacted communities is taking four regional policy briefs on climate change, human mobility, and human rights to Bonn and Geneva
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A ‘barbed-wire curtain’ around Europe

05.06.2023 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Refugee Policy, Migration policy

Europe’s growing border walls are an admission of failure. Not a solution
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Title: Africa Regional Civil Society Consultation: Human Rights in the Context of Climate-induced Migration and Displacement

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

In collaboration with FES Geneva, the Climate Migration and Displacement Platform (CMDP) and ACT Alliance, the FES Flight and Migration Competence Center organized a two-day consultation on 10-11 May 2023 in Addis Ababa, exploring the human rights...
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Migration as a Feminist Issue

Displacement, Migration, Integration, Refugee Policy, Gender Weltweit

This article sheds light on issues of migration and asylum. It highlights the violent policies associated with them from an anti-border feminist perspective and explores the responsibility of feminist movements in shaping alternative revolutionary...
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How inclusive immigration policies foster development in the Global South

09.01.2023 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Causes of Displacement, Integration Policy, Refugee Policy, Migration policy

Immigration essentially is a positive force for a country's economy and culture, if we give immigrants the opportunity to feel safe and to thrive, says Luisa Feline Freier of the Universidad del Pacífico in Lima, Peru
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