European citizens have remarkably similar preferences on asylum policy, including being strongly in favour of asylum seekers being allowed to work.
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A UK plan to move asylum seekers on its shores to Rwanda has been met with stiff opposition from human rights organizations. But the UK persists, and Rwanda is all too willing.
While eastern European countries are quick to offer aid to Belarusians, this only highlights their harsh approach to refugees from the Middle East.
The 2015 reception crisis had a profound impact on civil society in Europe. A significant set of attitudes and practices emerged that give a sense of what political participation means today.
Newly proposed ‘controlled centres’ in the EU must not breach migrants’ human rights.
Spain has agreed to allow the Aquarius, a boat carrying 629 migrants, to dock in Valencia. But the EU remains gridlocked over asylum rules.
Insincerity and short-termism rule global responses to Libyan migration.
The proposal ignores how bad the EU is at sharing responsibility for asylum seekers.
There are refugees, there are migrants and then there are the millions of people who live in legal limbo because they defy easy categorisation. But everyone is just looking for a place to call home.
Hungary is to begin detaining asylum seekers in camps made of shipping containers.
Sweden’s crime rate is not affected by the immigration rate and the state has introduced stricter asylum laws.
Can you visualize any number greater than 100? Migration experts explain why thinking about migrants en masse makes it difficult to address the nuances of each group’s unique challenges.
Reforms to where in Europe people in need of protection can claim asylum do not go far enough.
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Professor in International Politics, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Research Fellow, Coventry University
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Professor of Migration Law, University of Leicester
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Professor of Transnational Studies and Marketing & Director of Regent's Centre for Transnational Studies, Regent's University London
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Professor of Anthropology, Director, Transnational Research Lab, The Ohio State University
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Researcher at the Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET), Lund University
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Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies, Queen Mary University of London
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Assistant Professor and Head of Forced Migration Unit, Human Rights Law Cente, University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor in International Refugee Law, University of Reading
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Reader in Law, University of Sussex
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Cultural and Political Sociologist, Université de Liège
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Senior Professorial Lecturer of Global Governance, Politics and Security, American University School of International Service
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Researcher, School for Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Associate professor, University of Warsaw
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Professor of Political Science, University of Copenhagen
