Forcing People into Invisibility: Greece's Decision to Declare Turkey Safe

July 20th, 2022

Many current Syrian asylum seekers have been on the island for years, failing to meet the designated admissibility criteria introduced through the EU-Turkey statement. Being sidelined ever since these decisions …

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Call for papers: De-centring and Contesting Externalisation in West Africa and Beyond

July 19th, 2022

Call for Papers: De-centring and Contesting Externalisation in West Africa and Beyond. Hybrid workshop at SOAS (London), 19 September // Special Issue of Movements: a journal of critical migration and …

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One-way Ticket to Africa

July 6th, 2022

On 13 April this year, the British Home Secretary Priti Patel and the Rwandan Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Vincent Biruta signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Kigali …

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Monthly Review June 2022

July 1st, 2022

OUT NOW: Our MONTHLY REVIEW June 2022 covering topics such as Eurafrican migration control, migration, and displacement in African countries, and news on the European border regime.

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EU Council: Draft Action Plan: Egypt

June 29th, 2022

While arrivals from Egypt are relatively few at the moment, this might change in the future if food prices rise or if the borders to Libya are less militarized. Sudan, …

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One-way Ticket nach Afrika

June 22nd, 2022

Am 13. April dieses Jahres unterzeichneten die britische Innenministerin Priti Patel und der ruandische Minister für Äußeres und internationale Kooperation Vincent Biruta in Kigali ein Memorandum of Understanding über eine …

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Monthly Review May 2022

June 3rd, 2022

OUT NOW: Our MONTHLY REVIEW May 2022 covering topics such as Eurafrican migration control, migration, and displacement in African countries, and news on the European border regime.

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In Context: MOCADEM Action File Niger

June 3rd, 2022

The EU Council has recently set up a new mechanism aiming to coordinate and monitor the operational schemes underlying EU external migration policy. The so-called “Operational Coordination Mechanism for the …

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Internal EU-Document: „Update on State of Play of External Cooperation“ from May 2022

June 1st, 2022

The document is the update of the previous „Update on State of Play of External Cooperation in the Field of Migration Policy“ dated January 14, 2022.

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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 …

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Monthly Review April 2022

May 3rd, 2022

OUT NOW: Our MONTHLY REVIEW April 22 covering topics such as Eurafrican migration control, migration, and displacement in African countries, and news on the European border regime.

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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 …

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