The war in Ukraine has imposed considerable physical, mental, and emotional damage on children. It is critical to provide mental […]
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Category: Human Rights & Migration
“Migration narrative success. A conceptual tool for trans-disciplinary integration”, Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas and Ferruccio Pastore (CIDOB, Barcelona)
In this concept note, produced in the framework of the BRIDGES project, the authors develop the concept of “migration narrative […]
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“Immigrant and asylum seekers labour market integration upon arrival: NowHereLand. A biographical perspective”, Irina Isaakyan, Anna Triandafyllidou and Simone Baglioni (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
Through an inter-subjective lens, this open access book investigates the initial labour market integration experiences of these migrants, refugees or […]
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“The EU as a Gender Equality Actor in Mexico: An Active Agent with a Potential for Further Engagement”, Sofia Marin (College of Europe, Bruges)
The European Union (EU) is committed to promoting human rights and gender equality in its external relations. Mexico, a strategic […]
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“Measuring Good Migration Governance with an Indicator Approach”, Francesco Pasetti and Elaine Lebon-McGregor (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The AdMiGov indicators offer policy makers, academics, and other interested stakeholders an innovative and evidence-based tool to measure and assess […]
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“The instrumentalization of migration: A geopolitical perspective and toolbox”, Monika Sie Dhian Ho and Myrthe Wijnkoop (Clingendael Institute, The Netherlands)
As armies and weapons cross borders, geopolitics re-enters the western mindset. With his full-scale invasion of Ukraine President Putin attempts […]
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“The Flattening of the World: The Crisis of Culture and the Empire of Norms”, Olivier Roy (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
The book analyses how the extension of individual freedom since the Sixties led to a paradoxical extension of normative system. […]
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“Demographic decline of Croatia: What is to be done?”, Senada Šelo Šabić (ÖGFE, Austria)
Croatia has been steadily losing its population in the course of the last three decades. Demographic decline is partly a […]
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“The Vulnerability of Women in the Labour Market in Serbia”, Svetlana Stefanović, Maša Vračar (ÖGFE, Austria)
The European Union is a global leader in promoting gender equality and emphasises the importance of empowerment of women also […]
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“Exploring the Meaning of Borders in an Interconnected World”, Amanda Ribichini (IAI, Italy)
The word “border” carries much complexity. It encompasses many facets of the human condition, from purely geographical locations to intangible […]
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“A feminist US foreign policy by another name: Biden administration foregrounds equity and diversity”, Rachel Tausendfreund (FIIA, Finland)
The Biden administration is not talking about a feminist foreign policy, nor are most US progressive foreign policy analysts. Nonetheless, […]
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“How to Reconcile Borders with the Promotion of a More Open, Integrated and Democratic World?”, Simone Martuscelli (IAI, Italy)
The European experiment has embraced the path towards an architecture capable of giving sovereignty to EU institutions on issues of […]
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“Borders: A Geo-historical Analysis of a Human Construct”, Paolo Bravo (IAI, Italy)
While European integration and globalisation led to a gradual loosening of the concept of borders between the 1980s and the […]
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“Attracting and retaining talents in the EU: What role can the EU play in ensuring a sustainable and competitive ecosystem for labour migration?”, Marcel Muraille (Egmont, Belgium)
This policy brief seeks to provide insights into the role of the EU to improve private sector engagement and develop […]
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“Italy’s Far-Right and the Migration Debate: Implications for Europe”, Julian M. Campisi and Cecilia Emma Sottilotta (IAI, Italy)
Following the collapse of Mario Draghi’s national unity government in July, Italy is set to elect a new parliament on […]
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“Ukraine recovery and reconstruction: cities must be part of it”, Henri-Paul Normandin (CIDOB, Barcelona)
We still do not know when and how the war in Ukraine will end. But it is not too early […]
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““Victims of Democracy” or “Enemies at the Gates”? Russian Discourses on the European “Refugee Crisis””, Natalia Moen-Larsen (NUPI, Norway)
With over one million people arriving in Europe as refugees, the UN Refugee Agency declared 2015 “the year of Europe’s […]
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“Ukrainian refugees at the border: the first experience of communication (March-May, 2022)” (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)
The war in Ukraine has led to an outbreak of one of the fastest-growing crises of forced displacement of the […]
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“Attitudes and assessments of Ukrainian refugees (July–August 2022)” (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)
Online poll among Ukrainian citizens who left Ukraine due to Russian aggression. The poll was held by the Razumkov Centre […]
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“Long-term protection in Europe needed for millions of Ukrainian refugees”, Monika Sie Dhian Ho, Bob Deen and Niels Drost (Clingendael Institute, The Netherlands)
Societies, both at a European and national level, better start preparing for long-term protection and social participation of millions of […]
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“Gender in transboundary water policies”, Tobias von Lossow (Clingendael Institute, The Netherlands)
By looking into five large transboundary river basins, this chapter analyses the extent to which programmes and policies highlight and […]
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“Melilla, One More Step”, Blanca Garcés Mascareñas (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The border violence isn’t new but the deaths at the Melilla border fence on 24 June are one more step. […]
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“Lessons from the Past Momentum Going Forward: Norm Dynamics and the Process of Protection for Climate-Induced Migration and Displacement”, Elin Jakobsson (UI, Sweden)
When delegations packed up and left COP21 in Paris, in December 2015, the conference had decided to establish a task […]
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“Among people: how much will the migration crisis cost the EU?”, Kateryna Markevych (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)
In March, Poland received 2.3 million migrants from Ukraine, who were looking for temporary shelter. According to the Deputy Prime […]
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“Migration and pandemics: space of solidarity and space of exception”, Anna Triandafyllidou (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This open access book discusses the socio-political context of the COVID-19 crisis and questions the management of the pandemic emergency […]
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“Breaking double standards in the EU’s migration policy”, Vittoria Meissner (IEP, Germany)
Asylum as an international obligation is a fundamental value to which the Member States of the European Union have committed […]
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“The European benchmark for refugee integration: A comparative analysis of the National Integration Evaluation Mechanism in 14 EU countries”, Alexander Wolffhardt, Carmine Conte and Sinem Yilmaz (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The third NIEM European report compares developments in 14 countries in the 2019 to 2021 period and highlights key overall […]
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“Why this refugee crisis is different”, Blanca Garcés Mascareñas (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused one of the fastest exoduses since World War II. In three weeks, over three […]
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“Making sense of the multilevel governance of migration: city networks facing global mobility challenges”, Tiziana Caponio (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This book examines the nexus between City Networks, multilevel governance andmigration policy. Examining several City Networks operating in the European […]
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“Migration and pandemics: spaces of solidarity and spaces of exception”, Anna Triandafyllidou (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This open access book discusses the socio-political context of the COVID-19 crisis and questions the management of the pandemic emergency […]
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“After War: the Backlash against Women”, Nina Wilén (Egmont, Belgium)
Many remember Laura Bush’s famous speech in 2001, following the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent war in Afghanistan, about how […]
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“Development Assistance and Root Causes of Migration: A Risky Road to Unsustainable Solutions”, Morten Bøås, Patryk Kugiel and Sejla Pehlivanovic (NUPI, Norway)
In the aftermath of the 2015 migration-management crisis, both the European Union and several European states declared that they would […]
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“Schengen reform and the instrumentalisation of asylum-seekers: New Commission proposals legitimate states’ existing practices”, Saila Heinikoski (FIIA, Finland)
The European Union lacks a consistent asylum and migration policy, which makes it vulnerable to the instrumentalisation of asylum-seekers, most […]
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“Migrant Integration governance and outcomes in 25 EU regions: the MIPEX-R comparative analysis”, Francesco Pasetti et al. (CIDOB, Barcelona)
MIPEX-R represents an analytical tool that offers a specific and novel approach to compare regional integration models, identify their strengths […]
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“Migration and pandemics: spaces of solidarity and spaces of exception”, Anna Triandafyllidou (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
During 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic spread around the world, we have witnessed countries making unprecedented decisions, restricting international travel […]
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“Foreign Workers in Croatia: Challenges and Opportunities for Economic and Social Development”, Hrvoje Butković, Višnja Samardžija and Ivana Rukavina (IRMO, Croatia)
This book presents results of a research conducted in Croatia within the project “Bargaining for working conditions and social rights […]
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“Qualitative study of drivers and trajectories of mixed migration towards the EU”, Asli Selin Okyay et al. (IAI, Italy)
This paper sets out the conceptual and analytical framework guiding the qualitative strand of research to be carried out within […]
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International Women’s Day: Read our Top 5 Publications
To mark International Women’s Day we are showcasing the best publications from the last year on the topic. Throughout the […]
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“Border Necropolitics”, Blanca Garcés Mascareñas (CIDOB, Barcelona)
It is calculated that in 2021 alone 4,404 people drowned when they were trying to reach Spanish coasts. By contrast […]
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“Indian Perspectives on Human Rights and the Implications for Sweden and the EU”, Henriette Tjäder (UI, Sweden)
Human rights and democracy are important to Sweden and to the European Union, both domestically and in foreign relations. In […]
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“The Practice of Judicial Interaction in the Field of Fundamental Rights”, Federica Casarosa and Madalina Moraru (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This insightful and timely book provides a comparative assessment of selected legal issues emerging from the EU legal context which […]
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“EU-funded information campaigns targeting potential migrants: State of the art”, Florian Trauner, Omar N. Chamm and Rosangela Caleprico (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Information campaigns aim at discouraging potential migrants from leaving their countries irregularly. This paper systematically reviews academic research on these […]
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“Strategic autonomy: Not without integration”, Sven Biscop (Egmont, Belgium)
One dimension of strategic autonomy has been firmly decided upon since the EU created its Common Security and Defence Policy […]
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“Arms, Human Rights and Geopolitical Interest: Reflections on Italian Defence Exports”, Amal Sadki (IAI, Italy)
Italy is typically defined as a middle power, a follower of more powerful countries, namely the United States, rather than […]
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“Inclusion is not enough to achieve gender and racial equality in global peace and security”, Marsha Henry at al. (Egmont, Belgium)
The last twenty years have brought about a significant increase in the awareness of war practices that harm women, including […]
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“Aid, security and fortress Europe EU development aid in the Middle East and North Africa”, Emile Badarin and Jeremy Wildeman (College of Europe, Natolin)
This chapter interrogates EU development aid to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region after the 2011 uprisings/revolts to […]
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“Asylum in lockdown: Access to international protection and reception in times of COVID-19”, Blanca Garcés Mascareñas and Ana López-Sala (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Issue 129 of Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals analyses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international protection from a comparative perspective. Specifically, […]
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“Migration as coercion”, Blanca Garcés Mascareñas (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The Belarusian regime has orchestrated the arrival of thousands of refugees at the borders of Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. It […]
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“Inclusion is Not Enough to Achieve Gender and Racial Equality in Global Peace and Security”, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde, Marsha Henry, Robin May Schott and Nina Wilén (DIIS, Denmark)
The last twenty years have brought about a significant increase in the awareness of war practices that harm women, including […]
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“(Geo)Politics of Universal Periodic Review: Why States Issue and Accept Human Rights Recommendations?”, Anže Burger, Staša Tkalec and Igor Kovač (CIR, Slovenia)
The research by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anže Burger (head of Centre of International Relations at the Faculty of Social Science), Dr. Igor […]
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“Uneasy belonging in the mobility capsule: Erasmus Mundus students in the European Higher Education Area”, Karolina Czerska-Shaw, Ewa Krzaklewska (IES, Poland)
Taking Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters students as exemplifications of the intensification of mobility in educational trajectories, this article considers their […]
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“Finland elected to the UN Human Rights Council: Hard work and responsibility are key to a successful membership”, Katja Creutz (FIIA, Finland)
Finland will be a member of the UN Human Rights Council, whose task is to promote and protect human rights. […]
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“Investment in resilient food systems in the most vulnerable and fragile regions is critical”, Cibele Queiroz et al. (NUPI, Norway)
Reversing the alarming trend of rising food insecurity requires transformations towards just, sustainable and healthy food systems with an explicit […]
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“EU Differentiation in Border, Asylum and Police Cooperation: Drivers, Effectiveness and Crisis”, Emmanuel Comte (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The leading policy objective in EU differentiation underlying border, asylum and police cooperation has been to achieve the abolition of […]
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“Introductory speeches at the colloquium on the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on human rights”, Jean-Louis De Brouwer (Egmont, Belgium)
These are two of the introductory speeches at the colloquium Human Rights in Pandemic Times Political Exceptionalism, Social Vulnerability & […]
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“Justifying Interventions: The Case of ECOWAS in Liberia”, Nina Wilén (Egmont, Belgium)
Two decades into the new millennium it is clear that ‘benign’ interventions with the aim to stabilize conflict-ridden or troubled […]
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“Review of ‘The President on Trial: Prosecuting Hissène Habré'”, Valérie Arnould (Egmont, Belgium)
Over recent years, hybrid courts have experienced a renaissance of sorts. After their initial popularity in the early 2000s, when […]
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“Developments in the Field of Transitional Justice”, Valérie Arnould (Egmont, Belgium)
For a long time, transitional justice has been described as a ‘nascent’ or ‘emerging’ field. While it is true that […]
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“Decolonising human rights protection in Africa: impunity rhetorically repackaged?”, Stef Vandeginste (Egmont, Belgium)
Pointing out the need to decolonise human rights protection in Africa, authorities at the level of the African Union (AU) […]
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“Beyond Stability: A United Libya will Not End the Migration Challenge for Italy and the EU”, Luca Barana, Dario Cristiani and Asli Selin Okyay (IAI, Italy)
Migration can easily find its way back to the top of the European political agenda even in the con-text of […]
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“Small States and the European Migrant Crisis: Politics and Governance”, Tómas Joensen and Ian Taylor (IIA, Iceland)
This edited book examines the experience of small states in Europe during the 2015–2016 migration crisis. The contributions highlight the […]
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“Africa doesn’t yearn for Europe: rewriting narratives on migration”, Oriol Puig Cepero (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The situation in Ceuta may suggest otherwise, but (most of) Africa does not yearn to come to Europe. Many more […]
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“Towards a Human and Humane Approach? The EU Discourse on Migration amidst the COVID-19 Crisis”, Stefania Panebianco (IAI, Italy)
In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the EU discourse on migration has acquired a humanitarian dimension that deserves investigation. […]
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“The weaponisation of migration”, Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas (CIDOB, Barcelona)
With the irregular crossing of more than 8,000 people, the Moroccan government wanted to show what would happen if the […]
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“The Case for Gender Balance in Arms Control, Non-proliferation and Disarmament Negotiations”, Federica Dall’Arche (IAI, Italy)
Global efforts to eliminate weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and regulate small arms and light weapons (SALW) have gradually increased […]
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“Much Ado About Very Little? Migration-Linked Development Assistance: the Cases of Poland and Norway”, Ten Bøås, Viljar Haavik and Patryk Kugiel (NUPI, Norway)
In response to the migration management crisis that peaked in Europe in 2015-2016, the EU institutions and some European states […]
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“Women and power: from descriptive to substantive representation”, Mercedes García Montero and Cristina Rivas Pérez (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Great strides have been made over the past few decades in all representative democracies to increase women’s presence in politics […]
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“Legal and practical challenges to the fulfilment of fundamental rights in Muslim majority states”, Vasyl Lazumirskyy (LIIA, Latvia)
Vasyl Lazumirskyy discusses the significance of sharia in the Islamic legal system and its effect on the rights of people […]
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“How to Advance to Feminist Cities after the Pandemic?”, Eva Garcia-Chueca (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The pandemic that has beset us for more than a year has had serious effects on public health, the economy, […]
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“Achieving a Feminist Peace by Blurring Boundaries between Private and Public”, Nina Wilén (Egmont, Belgium)
In spite of increased attention to women’s sidelining in matters related to peace and conflict, women continue to be marginalized […]
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“Towards Cutting-Edge European Humanitarian Leadership”, Jean-Louis De Brouwer and Edouard Rodier (Egmont, Belgium)
Added to the already enormous challenges faced by the humanitarian system and its constituent parts (proliferation of conflict and non-state […]
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“Complementary Protection and Encampment”, Bríd Ní Ghráinne (IIR, Czech Republic)
The paper examines whether it is legal to deport an individual to a state where they will likely end up […]
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International Women’s Day: Read our Top 5 Publications
To celebrate International Women’s Day we are taking advantage of our regular #PublicationOfTheDay feature on social media to highlighting the […]
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“Achieving a Feminist Peace by Blurring Boundaries between Private and Public”, Nina Wilén (Egmont, Belgium)
In spite of increased attention to women’s sidelining in matters related to peace and conflict, women continue to be marginalized […]
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“EU-Africa Partnership on Migration and Mobility in Light of COVID-19: Perspectives from North Africa”, Mehdi Lahlou (IAI, Italy)
The coronavirus pandemic has turned into a global economic crisis with severe social effects in the least developed countries, particularly […]
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“Governing Migration Beyond the State”, Andrew Geddes (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
Focusing on four key world regions, Europe, North America, South America, and Southeast Asia, this book explores the underlying factors […]
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“Immigration in times of COVID-19”, Joaquín Arango, Blanca Garcés, Ramón Mahía and David Moya (CIDOB, Barcelona)
This issue of the CIDOB Immigration Yearbook analyses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigration, human mobility, and migration policies. Spain […]
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“Accession of the European Union to the United Nations Human Rights Treaties: Explaining the Reasons for Inaction”, Monika de Silva (College of Europe, Bruges)
This paper explores the puzzling question why the European Union (EU) – as a strong promoter of human rights in […]
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“Leading from Behind: The EU’s Normative Power in the Multilateral Promotion of Human Rights in Africa”, Stephen Frain (College of Europe, Bruges)
The multilateral human rights policy of the European Union (EU) is predicated on the presumption that the human rights it […]
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“How to Turn Rural Europe into a Welcoming Space for Migrants”, Irene Ponzo (IAI, Italy)
Attitudes towards immigration have become increasingly polarised over the last decade . Aside from political leanings and education levels, another […]
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“Expanding Legal Labour Migration Pathways to the EU: Will This Time Be Different?”, Martin Ruhs (IAI, Italy)
The European Commission’s recently published “New Pact on Migration and Asylum” calls on EU member states to increase legal labour […]
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“Cage Islands”, Blanca Garcés Mascareñas (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The reception crisis presently being experienced in the Canary Islands cannot be explained without taking into account resistance to referring […]
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“The EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum: A Tsunami of Papers but Little Waves of Change”, Stefano Manservisi (IAI, Italy)
After the solidarity-building process that resulted in the Recovery Plan, it would have been politically surprising to see a proposal […]
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“Learning from COVID-19: Implications for the EU Response to Human Smuggling”, Lucia Bird (IAI, Italy)
The COVID-19 pandemic set the backdrop to the EU’s new framework for addressing irregular migration. Yet, this emergency mindset should […]
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“Lebanon as a Test Case for the EU’s Logic of Governmentality in Refugee Challenges”, Tamirace Fakhoury (IAI, Italy)
Prior to 2011, Lebanon was no traditional gatekeeper in managing migrant and refugee flows to the EU. Following mass refugee […]
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“Brexit, the “Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice” and Migration”, Emmanuel Comte (IAI, Italy)
This policy brief focuses on EU–UK negotiations on the movements of third-country nationals. It presents the formation of preferences of […]
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“Brexit, the “Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice” and Migration”, Emmanuel Comte (CIDOB, Barcelona)
This policy brief focuses on EU–UK negotiations on the movements of third-country nationals. It presents the formation of preferences of […]
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“‘This agenda will never be politically popular’: Central Europe’s anti-gender mobilization and the Czech Women, Peace and Security agenda”, Mila O’Sullivan (IIR, Czech Republic)
The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has recently started to gain traction in Central Europe, notwithstanding discussion in the […]
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“External Differentiation in Migration: Boosting or Hollowing Out the Common EU Policy?”, Asli Selin Okyay et al. (IAI, Italy)
The growing weight given to external cooperation leads to increasing participation by non-member states in EU migration and asylum policy, […]
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“European migration and border management: Future reforms reassert symbolic solidarity”, Saila Heinikoski (FIIA, Finland)
In 2021, major symbolic changes are expected to be made to European migration and border policies, as Frontex standing corps […]
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“The Potential of the Charter in Fighting Hate: Enforcing International Human Rights Standards through Victims’ Rights”, Rita Gião Hanek and Lilla Farkas (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
The working paper documents the emergence of a ‘continuum of equality’ in the criminal branch of EU anti-discrimination law. Contends […]
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“Overlooked and underrated? The role of youth and women in preventing violent extremism”, Moussa Bourekba (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Preventing violent extremism (PVE) strategies tend to consider youngsters and women as victims of violent extremism, and thus as mere […]
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“Policies of destitution: Homeless Asylum Seekers in Europe”, Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas and Olatz Ribera, (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The European Union obliges member states to ensure that material reception conditions are available to applicants as soon as they […]
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“Against ‘the other’? Expanding or reducing ‘the other’ in populist mobilisation: the case of refugees”, Margarita Gómez-Reino, Hans-Jörg Trenz and Beatriz Acha (Elcano, Spain)
‘Against the other’ belongs to the core of populist rhetoric. Not surprisingly, the depiction of migrants as ‘the other’ and […]
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“Qualified solidarity”, Blanca Garcés Mascareñas (CIDOB, Spain)
After years of interminable meetings and never-concluded discussions on migration and asylum, Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission seemed determined […]
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“‘Irregular’ Migration and Divergent Understandings of Security in the Sahel”, Kari M. Osland and Henriette U. Erstad (IAI, Italy)
On 23 September 2020, the EU launched its new Pact on Migration and Asylum. In a refreshingly blunt press-release accompanying the Pact one could […]
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“Law and Judicial Dialogue on the Return of Irregular Migrants from the European Union”, Madalina Moraru, Galina Cornelisse and Philippe De Bruycker (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
While the role of judges has been widely addressed in European asylum law and EU law more generally, their role […]
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“EU migration management in the Sahel: unintended consequneces on the ground in Niger?”, Morten Bøås (NUPI, Norway)
The policies implemented in the Sahel by the EU and individual member states have reduced the number of migrants transiting […]
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“The External Dimension of EU Migration Management: The Role of Aid”, Morten Bøås and Henriette U. Erstad (NUPI, Norway)
Aid is seen as a key EU instrument in addressing the root causes of migration, but it has not been […]
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“The end of the right to seek asylum?: COVID-19 and the future of refugee protection”, Daniel Ghezelbash and Nikolas Feith Tan (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the institution of asylum, exacerbating longer term trends limiting the ability […]
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