Extensive Analysis
Farce and Façade: Somalia's Government Acts Without Legitimacy
May 11th, 2022
While Islamic and other militias control parts of Somalia, the international community is seeking to establish a federal system of government. However, external political intervention is increasing corruption and conflict …
New EU-Document: Operationalization of the Pact – Migratory Relations with Serbia
April 15th, 2022
In this internal EU document, the Presidency of the Council proposes to draw up priorities for the elaboration of an action plan. In addition to that, the Presidency proposes to …
RefugeesInLibya: An Unheard Mass Protest and Update March 2022
April 7th, 2022
In December 2021, Dorothée Krämer wrote a blog entry for migration-control.info about the self-organized protest movement of the Refugees in Libya. Doro's text was originally published in German (RefugeesinLibya: Ein …
"Protecting Borders" From "Illegal Migrants"? More Like Protecting Migrants From Illegal Governments
March 21st, 2022
There is an entire generation of power-holders, in Greece and Europe, that hails from a political tradition in which the interest of states in asserting and protecting their borders - …
Containment-funding: The EU’s external migration funding instruments
March 14th, 2022
Following the adoption of the 2020-2025 EU budget, the Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF), a leaked Commission non-paper grants an overview into the distribution of funds on the external migration control. …
Refugees in Libya: An Unheard Mass Protest
March 11th, 2022
The international community ignores the years of hardship for the refugees in Libya. The UNHCR’s policy space is small; for most people it can do nothing. Thousands of refugees are …
Vele dispiegate verso la stessa direzione: trapelato un documento dell’UE sul meccanismo di coordinamento operativo per la migrazione esterna
March 2nd, 2022
Nel 2022, si prevede l’introduzione di un nuovo meccanismo di cooperazione del Consiglio riguardo la dimensione esterna dell’UE. Un documento riservato ottenuto da migration-control.info mostra che il meccanismo riproduce tendenze …
New EU-Document: Migration Control in Pakistan and the role of Frontex
March 2nd, 2022
We‘ve received a leaked internal EU document, dated January 25, 2022, discussing the EU‘s present and future relation with Pakistan in regard to migration control. Written by the presidency of …
All sails set for more of the same: Leaked EU Document on the Operational Coordination Mechanism for the External Dimension of Migration
February 7th, 2022
A new Council cooperation mechanism on the EU’s external dimension is foreseen to be launched in 2022. A leaked document obtained by migration-control.info shows that the mechanism reproduces wider trends …
Plans for offshoring refugee protection undermine human dignity, African political interests, and international norms
February 2nd, 2022
t is not new that migration cooperation between the EU and the African continent is heavily skewed towards European interests. This is particularly obvious in policy developments related to one …
Das Verbrechen: Asyl Suchen in Ägypten
January 18th, 2022
Mit Abschiebungen in die Militärdiktatur Eritrea bricht Ägypten unter anderem die Genfer Flüchtlingskonvention und bringt Schutzsuchende in Lebensgefahr. Im Oktober 2021 hat Ägypten diese zuvor offenbar 13 Jahre ausgesetzte, menschenrechtsverletzende …
RefugeesinLibya: Ein ungehörter Massenprotest
December 28th, 2021
Die Internationale Gemeinschaft ignoriert seit Jahren das Leid Flüchtender in Libyen. Der Handlungsspielraum des UNHCR ist klein, für die meisten Menschen kann er nichts tun. Tausende Flüchtende sind sich selbst …