UK’s New Asylum Plans: Confusion and Controversy
Last week, to curb migration numbers, public discontent, and the rise of the right-wing Reform UK, the Labour Government announced major changes in asylum policy. The changes aim to settle….
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COP30: How Climate Change Impacts Migration
As COP30 is coming to an end, it is important to recognize how, despite lack of high-political interest in the summit, climate change is impacting everyday lives and destroying livelihoods…..
The EU’s First Annual Migration Report Called for Solidarity with those “Under Migratory Pressure”
The European Commission’s first Annual Asylum and Migration Report, released on 11 November, called Spain, Italy, Greece, and Cyprus “under migratory pressure,”- Euronews reports. These countries faced a “disproportionate level”….
How Deportees Experience Mauritania’s Mass Deportation Campaign
In early 2024, Mauritania signed a €210 million agreement with the EU, pledging to stop migrants leaving the African continent towards Europe via the Atlantic route. Mauritania was not the….
‘We Have to Regularise Them’: Europe’s Deportation-First Border Policy, as Told by the Judges and Police who Enforce It
This article was written by researchers Olga Jubany (Catedrática en Antropologia Social, Universitat de Barcelona)and Sevda Tunaboylu (Investigadora Postdoctoral, Universitat de Barcelona). The European Commission is pressing ahead with its new Common European….