Migration Policy Centre - MPC

Introduction The 19th Migration Summer School will provide an opportunity for participants to be able to learn about recent trends in research on the transnational governance of international migration, asylum and mobility.
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Join a seminar where Fabian Lutz will present his reasearch on a 'Guide to Schengen Law'. His research is based on literature and also on key informant interviews with twenty-five
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Join this book's presentation Understanding Global Migration, presented by James Hollifield. The work offers scholars a groundbreaking account of emerging migration states around the globe, especially in the Global South.
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Join a seminar which will examine how employers in five European labour markets (Britain, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain) respond to applications received from Muslim job seekers More specifically, by using
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In many countries around the world, public discourse around migration is highly polarised. In this context, it becomes increasingly more difficult to discuss about this phenomenon without being accused of
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Join this seminar to know more about the policies and programs on the performance disadvantages of immigrant student groups in relation with the unique challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Join a workshop co-organised by Mercator Forum Migration and Democracy (MIDEM) and the Migration Policy Centre that will review migration policies beyond the "traditional" destination EU countries and citizens' reactions
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Join the Migration Working Group session that will question the concepts of citizenship and transnationalism in migration. This session will question the concepts of citizenship and transnationalism, confronting how they
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Join this seminar that will address the politics of immigration beyond liberal states in a comparative perspective. Examining whether autocracies make fundamentally different immigration policies than democracies, Katharina Natter systematically
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Join this seminar that will address migration governance through funding as well as implications of the 2018 refugee reception reform in small-medium towns and rural areas in Italy.   Sailing
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Join a Migration Working Group session that will analyse the different factors that determine migration decisions. This Migration Working Group session gives space to two EUI researchers to present their
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Join this seminar that will address diasporas in public health crises and assess alternative options for regulating migrant worker selection. The diaspora as insurance against public health crises The Covid-19
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With irregular sea arrivals across the Mediterranean on the rise, migration has once again caught the attention of policy makers and public opinion. The debate has put the spotlight on
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Join this workshop which aims to improve work-in-progress for two special journal article clusters on 'The ethics of migration policy dilemmas'. The dilemmas project analyses fundamental ethical dilemmas in policy-making on migration
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Join this lecture which is a part of our Migration Working Group sessions that will address the legal aspects of border control from the European Union perspective. Lecture co-organised by
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This hybrid Migration Working Group session will examine state practices and policies in a changing world. The two studies that will be presented during the meeting will connect to each
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Join this seminar that will address migration politics, intersectional discrimination and resistance by Sub-Saharan immigrants in the Mediterranean context. Teresa Cappiali's presentation draws on a large project focusing on the
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Join this webinar that will respond to the contributions published so far on the 'Dilemmas' project. ‘Dilemmas’ analyses ethical dilemmas in policy-making on migration and refugee protection. The project aims
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One year after the outbreak of full-scale war in Ukraine, this conference assesses the situation of displaced Ukrainian women in the EU, discusses the opportunities and challenges they face and
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Join the hybrid seminar that will discuss the benefits of free movement and refugee protection. The first part of the seminar is based on a recent report co-authored by Silindile
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Join a Migration Working Group meeting that will centre around questions of migration on a historical scale. Present-day concepts regarding migratory practices have to be critically re-examined and might acquire
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Join this seminar that will address powerlessness and sovereign inequality in border externalisation, as well as the management of irregular migration. To begin with, this seminar will focus on powerlessness
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Join a webinar that will investigate whether Quebecers are equally comfortable with immigration from different social classes and from different countries of origin. Immigration policies in Quebec (and more generally
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Join a Migration Working Group meeting that will discuss how hosting countries reacted to the arrivals of Ukraine and Russian migrants following the war in Ukraine, and how these reactions
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Abstract: Deportation - the forcible eviction of the Crimean Tatar people from their historical homeland - from the Crimea, carried out during May 18–21, 1944, is one of the crimes
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There are large gaps between the rights of all individuals and workers as articulated in European human rights standards and the experiences of irregular migrants living and working across EU
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Join this seminar that will discuss civil society and municipal actors – and the interaction between one another – which have become increasingly relevant in EU migration governance. Moving from
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Join the MIrreM launch conference on 'Measuring Irregular Migration: Estimates, data, and analysis on undocumented migrants and regularisation measures'. Targeted policy responses for irregular migration require better knowledge about the
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Join the session of Migration Working Group that will discuss how immigration policies in relation to admission and visas have changed over time. The session will explore case studies in
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Join this seminar that will discuss how ethnic clustering during compulsory schooling affects post-compulsory educational outcomes among ethnic minority students. The impacts of students’ exposure to foreign language speakers and
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Join this seminar that will examine the health and well-being of Bangladeshi migrants in Italy. Bangladeshi migrants in Italy face hardship and difficulty integrating in their new host country. The
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Join this seminar that will address more EU Migration policy broadly, and in particular, how to navigate EU asylum law and policy applicable to refugees and asylum seekers fleeing Ukraine.
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The Research Network on Ukrainian Migration, a new initiative from the Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw; Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute; Maastricht University; and UNU-MERIT, launches in Maastricht
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Join this webinar that will assess the externalisation of migration management policies in the European Union in light of refugee protection and human rights. This Policy Meeting focuses on key
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The ASILE H2020 Project Training School focuses on the state of the art on responsibility allocation, attribution and accountability for violations of migrant and refugee rights in the context of
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Bringing six years of research on asylum and migration to a close, this hybrid conference (Brussels and online) will provide insights into some of the critical findings of MEDAM since
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Join this seminar that will address the history of migration bans in four prominent labour-sending states and the policy narratives behind them. Policies banning women domestic workers from migrating overseas
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Public authorities, civil society organisations, and private businesses, are involved in managing migration, with significant implications for societies in sending, transit, and receiving countries. In order to respond to the
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The Training takes place in a fully in-person format at the Fairway Hotel in Kampala (Uganda) between 21 and 22 July 2022. It is organised by the Migration Policy Centre and
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This webinar will explore the political and technical aspects of the various pathways to protection in reference to the global displacement from Ukraine. It continues cooperation between MPC and ICMPD
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Introduction The 18th Migration Summer School will provide an opportunity for participants to be able to evaluate continuities and change in global migration, including, but not only, the ongoing effects
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By bringing together scholars working across different multidisciplinary fields, this seminar offers a unique perspective on the privatisation of migration control.   The multiple measures States employ to restrict the
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This MEDAM workshop will provide a unique opportunity to discuss the latest research findings about the policy determinants of international student mobility. Nowadays, more and more countries are looking at
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We present a webinar that will be a part of our Annual Conference and that will focus on the question - how can irregular migrants have access to their fundamental
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  Conference scope: The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly dominated public debate for 2 years, but it is now timely and important to think about continuities and change in a migration
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A roundtable discussion on trends, EU solidarity, actors and challenges regarding Ukrainian migration. Panelists on this roundtable will share critical perspectives on the impact of the war in Ukraine on
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Migration is a controversial issue that polarises societies. Its rising salience has evoked heated debates and the rise of hate speech. Additionally, it has also driven dissatisfaction with political elites
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Kevin Fredy Hinterberger, Daniel Thym, Evelien Brouwer and Amanda Musco Eklund discuss digital and conventional means of migration control.   Chair: Alexandra Karaiskou, PhD researcher, Department of Law (EUI)   ETIAS
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This roundtable will discuss building a transnational and interdisciplinary network on the Food-Climate-Migration nexus In this roundtable, we discuss how today's global human displacement has been exacerbated by proliferating food
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Erick Bleich will present his new book examining how American newspaper articles on Muslims are strikingly negative by any measure. For decades, scholars and observers have criticised negative media portrayals
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Join us for the next session of the Migration Working Group with these presentations:   The occupational attainment and career progression of Iraqi immigrants admitted under different categories in Sweden
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In this seminar, three former MPC research fellows will present their ongoing research projects on migration. The presentations will introduce the main objectives of the projects and discuss their methodological
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This Webinar will discuss approaches that aim to overcome methodological nationalism and the Eurocentric system of knowledge production in migration studies. There has been an increasing shift to evidence-based policy
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This webinar organised by the Migration Policy Centre at the EUI and the Centre of Migration Research at the University of Warsaw will analyse the effects of and responses to
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This Webinar will examine different policy instruments that countries in the Global South have developed for refugee protection. The presentations will look at three countries whose domestic legislation and international
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Information campaigns by government actors for (potential) migrants before their arrival have become increasingly common initiatives in the last years. The effectiveness of such governmental information provision to prevent irregular
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Join us for the next session of the Migration Working Group with these presentations:   Migration governance on social media? The circulation of information risk campaigns, by Verena Brändle, Visiting
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This MPC webinar aims to discuss the key issues and policy determinants on migration and mobility that the upcoming Sixth European Union - African Union Summit needs to consider in
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Join the EUI Migration Working Group, Qualifie and CERC Migration for a presentation and discussion of the open access book "Visual Methodology in Migration Studies. New Possibilities, Theoretical Implications, and
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This MPC Webinar will examine the assimilation of immigrants in their host societies by looking at political preferences, with a special focus on attitudes towards immigration amongst immigrants themselves. In
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Join us for the next session of the EUI Migration Working Group.   'Refugee Journey Duration and Economic Integration in Receiving Countries' by Eroll Kuhn, Max Weber Fellow (EUI) Abstract
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This course is available only to the School of Transnational Governance MA students. How should governments regulate the migration of workers, students, family members and asylum seekers? What rights and
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The Migration Working Group hosts this hybrid event about the current situation at the Polish external border. We started the fifth month of the permanent violation of international law regarding
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Join us for the next edition of our Migration Working Group at the EUI.   ‘Follow the Media? Explaining Public Concern with Immigration in the 2000s’, by Mariana Carmo Duarte,
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The Migration Working Group and the Digital Public Sphere Working Group invite you to their event on EU high-tech borders and the right to effective remedies.   'Schengen and the
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Speaker Rebecca Hamlin | Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Chair Martin Ruhs | Deputy Director and Chair in Migration Studies, Migration Policy
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Join us for the kick off session of the Migration Working Group at the EUI.   ‘Supranational entrepreneurship in a contested policy field: The Case of the Intra-Corporate Transferee Directive’
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Irregular and Infected: Covid-19, Ebola, and the Securitization of Migration to Europe, Eugenio Cusumano, Visiting Fellow, RSCAS By combining a textual and visual analysis of Italian, Spanish and Maltese newspaper
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The number of international migrants is estimated to be almost 272 million globally. This is only 3.3% of the world population. Yet, the movement of people from one sovereign state
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As part of its Virtual Training on ‘Critical Perspectives on Global Asylum Governance in light of the United Nations Global Compact on Refugees and the EU Pact on Migration and
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A four-day online training seminar for PhD researchers in final stages of completion or having been granted the doctorate within 3 years specialized on migration (or equivalent professional experience), refugee
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  Introduction MPC Summer School Online Date Eligibility Fees How to apply   Introduction The 17th Migration Summer School will focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global
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Changing Governance in Global Talent Competition: From Attraction to Selectivity and Retention, Lucie Cerna, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, and Meng-Hsuan Chou, NTU Singapore Abstract
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This is a joint MPC and CONREP Network webinar which will explore the effects of refugee policy externalisation on target third countries and international institutions. The webinar examines how far
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This Executive Training is about developing and strengthening your migration management skills. It explores the different stages of migration management from managing evidence to decision making processes to implementation. The
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This webinar introduces EuroMesCo’s recent policy study Beyond Networks, Militias and Tribes: rethinking EU Counter-Smuggling Policy and Response With the announcement of the new migra­tion package together with a new
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This MPC Webinar will examine what are the most influential factors affecting public attitudes to immigration and immigrants, with a special focus on disentangling the differential effects of economic factors
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This webinar will examine the alleged convergence of irregular migration and crime in what is often referred to as the “illicit global economy” – the clandestine cross-border flows of people,
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Centre right political parties have been, are and will likely remain key actors in migration policy and politics across Europe. The role in migration politics and the position on migration
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The Migration Working Group will host the following presentations on the theme of ‘The Immigrant Experience, Discrimination and Occupational Mobility’: ‘The effect of changing sector on the occupational mobility of
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How does a context of forced immobility interact with COVID-19? In a context where implementing the key public health measures necessary to curb the spread of COVID-19 is impossible, how
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Join us for our next MPC Webinar for a discussion on the recent publication of ‘A Modern Migration Theory’ by Peo Hansen and a wider debate on the issues. Abstract
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As part of the Migration Working Group, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentations: ‘Intentional Ambiguity in Governance: Refugee Policies under Pressure in Jordan’ by Lillian Frost, Max
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Philip Martin will present his new book on how farm workers are becoming more important and more vulnerable in US agriculture. Abstract Most of the world’s workers were employed in
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  Abstract: International migration has become a salient concern in global politics but there is also significant variation in governance responses. By focusing on four key world regions -- Europe,
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Global Mobility and the Threat of Pandemics: Evidence from Three Centuries, Michael A. Clemens and Thomas Ginn, Center for Global Development Countries restrict the overall extent of international travel and
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Migration governance and politics have rarely been analysed in relation to each other. Research on migration politics has emphasised the contentious side of the migration issue, e.g. party ideologies and
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The Migration Working Group will host the following presentations on the theme of ‘Immigration, Local Politics, and Local Redistributive Spending’: ‘Migration and redistributive spending: evidence from local authorities in England’
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‘Border Jumping and Migration Control in Southern Africa’, Francis Musoni, University of Kentucky Abstract With the end of apartheid rule in South Africa and the ongoing economic crisis in Zimbabwe,
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One of the most visible policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic have been border controls and travel restrictions. These pose fundamental questions in an European Union anchored on the principle
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The Migration Working Group will host the following presentations on the theme of ‘Addressing the Externalisation of EU Migration Management’: ‘European Crimes Against Humanity: Migration Policy as an Atrocious Crime?’
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Join us for our next MPC Webinar for a discussion on the recent publication of BREXITLAND and a wider debate. Long-term social and demographic changes – and the conflicts they
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‘Reluctant Reception: Refugees, Migration, and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa’, presentation by Kelsey P. Norman Seeking to understand why host states treat migrants and refugees inclusively, exclusively,
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Introduction Lectures and workshops Trainers Biographies Training Booklet   Introduction This training course covers fundamental theories, concepts, institutional and legal frameworks related to international immigration. The training sessions will cover
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The relation between climate change and human migration is often understood in relatively narrow terms. The predominant assumption is that climate change is directly causing millions of people to move
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The MWG will host the following presentations on the theme of ‘EU Law and external borders’: ‘Fundamental Rights Violations in the ‘Hotspots’: who is watching over them?’, presentation by Sarah
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This online conference marks the launch of the “Migrants and Systemic Resilience Hub” (MigResHub), a joint initiative of the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) at the European University Institute (EUI) in
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Introduction Lectures and workshops Trainers Biographies Training Booklet   Introduction This training course covers fundamental theories, concepts, institutional and legal frameworks related to international immigration. The training sessions will cover
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Challenging the commonly held perception that immigrants' lives are shaped exclusively by their sending and receiving countries, Here, There, and Elsewhere breaks new ground by showing how immigrants are vectors
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At least since the large movements of refugees and other migrants to the EU in 2015, many policymakers see the scaling-up of foreign aid as a key instrument to significantly
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The socio-political landscape in the United States a few weeks ahead of the November election, is nothing other than chaotic. Demonstrations in the context of the series of murders involving
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Training Programme Apply Here Immigration is a controversial issue that is polarizing societies. The rising salience of the immigration issue has evoked heated debates and the rise of hate speech.
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Waylaid in Tijuana is a documentary film that explores how immigration policies adopted in Washington, DC reverberate just south of the border in Tijuana, Mexico. It features migrants and asylum
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The current health crisis has exposed and deepened existing inequalities; and it is a crisis that is, in many ways, gendered. Many essential (migrant) workers are female. The crisis has
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How does economic development in poor countries affect international migration? An apparently well-established ‘stylized fact’ suggests that the relationship between economic development and emigration follows an inverted U-shape pattern –
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  Introduction Programme Date and Location Eligibility Fees and Scholarship Travel Timetable Media   Introduction International migration, growing mobility, and displacement are, and will continue to be, among the most
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With the occasion of the World Refugee Day, the CJC in collaboration with the MPC will hold a joint Webinar discussing some of the current challenges faced by refugees with
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    The School of Transnational Governance will host a new #FlorenceLive Webinar discussing the implications of COVID19 on Schengen, migration flows and asylum. MPC Director Andrew Geddes moderates the
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The immediate effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on migration have been drastic and unprecedented, including the closure of international and even internal borders. In this webinar we ask a number
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To mark the publication of the second edition of the book Migration and Mobility in the European Union, co-authored by Andrew Geddes, Leila Hadj Abdou and Leiza Brumat, this MPC
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As part of it’s ongoing Webinar Series on migration and mobility, the MPC will host a joint Webinar with the Global Citizenship Observatory, (GlobalCit), to present the following presentations; ‘The
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As part of its seminar series, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentations: “Changing Governance in Global Talent Competition: From Attraction to Selectivity and Retention”presentation by Lucie Cerna,
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As part of the Migration Working Group, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentations: “The legacy of historical emigration: Evidence from Italian municipalities” , presentation by Erminia Florio,
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As part of it’s ongoing Webinar Series on migration and mobility, the MPC will present the following presentations. “More than "Migrant Workers": migrants' responses to COVID19”, by Gabriella Sanchez, Research
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As part of its seminar series, the Migration Policy Centre will host presenations on the theme of ‘Development and Law’ from Covadonga Meseguer, London School of Economics and Hélène Mayrand,
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The MPC Webinar Series Picking up where we left off …. The health emergency requires us to cease, at least for now, our usual ways in the Migration Policy Centre
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As a key member of the IMISCOE Migration Politics and Governance (MigPoG) Standing Committee (SC), the Migration Policy Centre will hold the First Mid-Term Conference on ‘Migration Politics and Governance:
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As part of its seminar series, the Migration Policy Centre will host presentations on the theme of ‘Attitudes to Migration’ with presentations from Leonardo Baccini, EUI, and Tim Cooper, EASO
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At least since the large movements of refugees and other migrants to the EU in 2015, one of the key questions for policy makers is “will economic development in poor
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Since the large inflows of asylum seekers and other migrants in 2015, migration across the Mediterranean Sea has captured the attention of the public and received extensive media coverage all
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As part of the Migration Working Group, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentations: “In limbo: the mismatch between Luxembourg and Strasbourg’s conceptualisation of ‘torture or inhuman or
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As part of its seminar series, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentations: 'In the Shadows: Reconfiguring Racial Disparities in the Central Justice System through Policing Immigration' presented
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As part of the Migration Working Group, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentations: “The impact of radical right parties upon migrants’ social rights: a cross regional comparison”
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Philip Connor from PEW Research Centre will make a presentation on "Estimation and Comparison of Unauthorized Migration in Europe and the United States" Abstract Europe and the United States are
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The Migration Policy Centre and GlobalCit are jointly hosting the following seminar with Rainer Bauböck who will present his work on "The Democratic Case for Immigration in the European Union".
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As part of the Migration Working Group, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentations: “A right to residence for victims of trafficking on humanitarian grounds? An analysis of
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As part of its seminar series, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentations: “#Nationalism: the role of culture and social media in the rise of anti-immigrant politics across
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As part of the Migration Working Group, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentations: Doing more than one’s fair share: refugee protection in the EU and the ‘coalition of the
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As part of its seminar series, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentations: "Threat, Contact and Social Relationships: Public Perceptions of Immigrants in Italy, Germany, Sweden, Spain and
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Book launch: The Dynamics of Regional Migration Governance Presenters Professor Andrew Geddes, European University Institute Dr Leila Hadj-Abdou, European University Institute Dr Marcia Vera Espinoza, Queen Mary University of London
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As part of its seminar series, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentations: “The functions and legitimisation of suffering in Calais, France” - presentation by David Keen, LSE
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Director of the Migration Policy Centre, Andrew Geddes, will present at the next London Migration Research Group Seminar. This presentation will explore the drivers of migration governance in Southeast Asia
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Time: 17-10-2019, 09.30 – 18.00 18-10-2019, 09.00 – 14.00 Convenors: Tiziana Caponio, Migration Policy Centre, EUI Moritz Baumgärtel, Utrecht University Andrea Pettrachin, Migration Policy Centre, EUI   In the last
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Asylum and migration policy continues to be high up on the EU policy agenda and will remain an important topic for the next European Commission. Though current positions in the
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As part of its seminar series, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentations: “Understanding Migration and Influencing Policy - Experiences from the African Migration and Development Policy Centre,
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As part of its seminar series, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentation by David Fitzgerald, UC San Diego, “Refuge beyond Reach: How Rich Democracies Repel Asylum Seekers”
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This workshop draws on the fresh empirical research of the EU-LISTCO project and aims to take stock of how limited statehood and contestation have affected forms of governance in the
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This workshop will explore how the European centre-right is handling immigration in the wake of the migration crisis: are we witnessing a radicalisation of claims, and a shift from more
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This high-level conference aims to review the current facets of the AFSJ framework of cooperation and assess new ways forward in the EU justice and home affairs domains. The conference
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As part of its seminar series, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentations: Access to and Consequences of Citizenship - presentation by Dominik Hangartner (ETH Zurich) In the
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The UDP Government and Innovation Observatory is organising the launch of the book “The Dynamics of Regional Migration Governance” (editors Andrew Geddes, European University Institute; Marcia Vera Espinoza, Queen Mary
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  As part of its Summer School, the Migration Policy Centre will host the launch and presentation of "The Dynamics of Regional Migration Governance" (Edward Elgar Publishing). The panel will
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  Introduction Lectures and workshops Summer School Evaluation Date and Location Eligibility Fees and Scholarship Travel Timetable Media   Introduction International migration is a central topic in public political debate
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As part of the Migration Policy Centre seminar series, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentations chaired by Elias Dinas, SPS/RSCAS, EUI. Education and Anti-Immigrant Preferences: How did
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The Migration Policy Centre is involved in the CROSSMIGRATION project. This project, coordinated by Erasmus University, seeks to support knowledge accumulation in the field of migration studies through a collaborative
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  The Migration Policy Centre (MPC) conducts advanced research on the transnational governance of international migration, asylum and mobility. It aims to provide new ideas, rigorous evidence and critical thinking
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Irregular migration across the Mediterranean is still high on Europe’s political agenda. Despite fewer attempts to cross the Sea in the recent past, pressure has been mounting on the European
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  The Observatory of Public Attitudes to Migration’s team will discuss with Ryan Heath, Political Editor of Politico, Mark Hugo Lopez, Director of Global Migration and Demography Research at PEW
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As part of the Migration Policy Centre seminar series, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentations: Contested Confinement and the Governance of Migration to Europe Veronica Corcodel, Max
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What makes neighbourhood ethnic concentration, and the link between this and neighbourhood deprivation, persist over time and over generations? While the literature considering the consequences of ethnic and socioeconomic segregation
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As part of the its seminar series, the Migration Policy Centre will host the following presentations:   Immigrant’s demand for informal education: Evidence from US Rezart Hoxhaj (Migration Policy Centre,
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Regional organizations vary in highly significant ways in relation to both the institutional form that they take and the provisions that they have for migration from outside the region and
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As part of the Migration Policy Centre seminar series, the following four presentations will discuss the legitimacy and the effectiveness of the changes introduced by the Italian Decree on Security
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As part of the Migration Policy Centre seminar series, Leiza Brumat and Leila Hadj Abdou, Research Fellows at the Migration Policy Centre, will present on the dynamics of international migration
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As part of the Migration Policy Centre seminar series, Dimiter Toshkov, Jean Monnet Fellow at the Schuman Centre, will present on the research methodology for assessing the effects of asylum
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As part of the Migration Policy Centre seminar series, Ettore Recchi, MPC part-time professor and professor at Sciences Po, and Emanuel Deutschmann, MPC research associate for the Global Mobilities Project
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As part of the Migration Policy Centre seminar series, Luisa Feline Freier, Assistant Professor of Social and Political Science, Universidad del Pacífico, will present on refugee protection in Latin America.
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On September 2018, a group of Tunisian fishermen were charged by Italian authorities with migrant smuggling after towing a boat carrying migrants to the Italian island of Lampedusa. Public pressure
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As part of the Migration Policy Centre seminar series, Lenka Dražanová and Anne-Marie Jeannet will present their work under the theme of “The determinants of public attitudes to migration”. The
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MPC Seminar by Gerhard Hoffstaedter We sincerely apologize, but this seminar had to be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.   Abstract Malaysia is home to one the largest urban refugee
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Contact: Anne-Marie Boudou, Conference and Membership Coordinator, CEPS   This half-day conference explores concrete policies – particularly development aid and labour migration – to reduce incentives for irregular migration, in
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As part of the Migration Policy Centre seminar series, Professor Tiziana Caponio and Professor Peter Scholten will present their work under the theme of "Multilevel Governance of Migration". Tiziana Caponio,
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This MWG session will address the potential of “trans-Asia” approaches as a strategic method (rather than academic methodology) to consider transnationally shared issues such as migration and cultural diversity on
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The Migration Policy Centre, in collaboration with IOM-GMDAC, will be hosting a global team of researchers who together will work on the fourth volume in IOM’s Fatal Journeys Report. The
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Seminar by Marc Helbling (paper co-authored with Daniel Meierrieks) Abstract: We study the effect of transnational terrorism risk perception on immigration policy change for a sample of 30 OECD countries
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This international conference seeks to analyse the state of governability of immigration in Europe and Latin America by examining the varied and complex components of migration governance politics. A comparative
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This inaugural workshop of the EUI Migration Working Group develops at the interfaces between rural development, sociology and migration studies. Taking a critical look at the policy framework and ongoing
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Migration is one of the most important and divisive issues in Europe today and seems almost certain to dominate political debate in the run-up to the 2019 European Parliament elections.
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UNODC's Education for Justice initiative and the Migration Policy Centre will convene an International Academic Conference on the gender and gendered dynamics of organized crime, including trafficking in persons and
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Since the turn of the century, South American governments and regional organisations have adopted the world's most open discourse on migration and citizenship. At a time when restrictive choices were
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The Migration Policy Centre, along with the EU Border Care project, is hosting a film series aiming at engaging with documentary and fiction films relevant to research themes on migration,
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Introduction Lectures and workshops Summer School Evaluation Date and Location Eligibility Fees and Scholarship Travel Timetable Contacts   Introduction International migration has become a central topic in the public political
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The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) aims to promote “labour mobility, including circular migration.” Recommendation five calls on governments to consider “demographic and global labor market
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The Migration Policy Centre (MPC) conducts advanced research on the transnational governance of international migration, asylum and mobility. It aims to provide new ideas, rigorous evidence and critical thinking to
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The field of migration studies has evolved and expanded significantly. This involves not only a growing quantity of studies, but also growing interdisciplinarity, methodological differentiation, expansion in countries and regions
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The Mercator Dialogue on Asylum and Migration (MEDAM), with its three participating research institutions, the Migration Policy Centre, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) and CEPS, will present
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As part of the annual The State of the Union high level conference, organized by the European University Institute, the Migration Policy Centre will be hosting a panel on “Limits
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This event, co-organised by the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) at the European University Institute and CEPS, seeks to foster a dialog on smuggling policy and research. Academics, government, law enforcement
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The Conference, hosted by Border Criminologies, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights and the Migration Policy Centre, celebrates 5 years of Border Criminologies at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford.
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This High Level Seminar, organised within the framework of the Metropolis International Steering Committee (ISC) Spring meeting at the European University Institute, analyses the contemporary dynamics of migration to Italy
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The Migration Policy Centre will host a research seminar with David Kyle, Associate Profressor at the UC Davis. The aim of this talk is to focus attention on the shared
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The Migration Policy Centre at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies will host the launch of the Special Issue of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and
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The Migration Policy Centre is participating as a partner in the new H2020 project on Current European and Cross-National Comparative Research and Research Actions on Migration (CROSS-MIGRATION). The CROSS-MIGRATION project
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The Migration Policy Centre participates in the European Migration Forum - the dialogue platform on migration, asylum and migrant integration - taking place at the European Economic and Social Committee
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As part of the film Series on Migration, Inclusion and Diversity, the Migration Policy Centre and the EU Border Care project will host a film screening of “Olha’s Italian Diary”
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Immigration featured prominently in the public debate ahead of the UK’s referendum on the European Union. It will also be a defining issue for the future of Britain’s relations with
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This is a kick off workshop of the Global Mobilities Project at the Migration Policy Centre, RSCAS. The workshop will outline and discuss the key demographic, economic, legal-political and sociological
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In this seminar hosted by the Migration Policy Centre, Professor Philipp Genschel, will present his working paper, “From Market Integration to core state powers: the Eurozone crisis, the refugee crisis
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  The Migration Policy Centre team presents the research findings of the Study on Rural Migration in Tunisia (RuMiT) at the Final workshop of the Project implemented by the Food
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The Department of Political and Social Sciences, in affiliation with the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), will host a roundtable event on,
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In his 2013 book The Future as Cultural Fact, Arjun Appadurai wrote that we need to understand better the interactions between three notable human preoccupations: imagination, anticipation, and aspiration. The
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The Department of Ethics, Law and Politics at MPI-MMG and the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), European University Institute (EUI) organise a
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In this seminar hosted by the Migration Policy Centre, Professor Yves Charbit (University Paris Descartes) presents an updated version of the Theory of Change and Response, which was first put
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Professor Matthew Goodwin (University of Kent) examines the dynamics of the 2016 vote for Brexit. Drawing on individual level survey data and aggregate data, as well as established theories of
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The Migration Policy Centre (MPC) at the European University Institute (EUI) together with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and its Global Programme against Smuggling of Migrants
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While much attention is devoted to the outcomes (and, often, the perceived failings of European and EU migration governance), less attention has been paid to how key governance ‘actors’ -
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  The 2017-2018 edition of the Migration Working Group will be inaugurated by a conversation with Arjun Appadurai on The Future of Europe as a Cultural Fact. Arjun Appadurai is the
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The Mixed Migration Platform launches its latest research on unaccompanied and separation children in Jordan, Lebanon and Greece on 21 September 2017 in Rome. Conducted in conjunction with INTERSOS and the Migration
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The Migration Policy Centre at the European University Institute has the pleasure to announce the launch of its Observatory of Public Attitudes to Migration (OPAM) on 20 September in Brussels. OPAM is the first Observatory dedicated to
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The EU is facing an unprecedented inflows of immigrants from the southern Mediterranean and there’s a growing pressure on the European institutions to find an effective way to manage (and
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Introduction Lectures and workshops Summer School Evaluation Date and Location Eligibility Fees and Scholarship Travel Timetable Contacts   Introduction International migration has become a central topic in the public political
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Labour migration and mobility are, and will continue to be, key dynamics in the Euro-Mediterranean region. They are central to the social, economic and political development of the region. As
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The objective of the workshop is to compare and contrast different empirical research projects on the role “culture” on migration dynamics and integration. It implies different definitions and measures of
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This interdisciplinary workshop, co-organised by the Departments of Political and Social Sciences and History and Civilization and the Migration Policy Centre, intends to create a platform for young scholars whose
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The Mercator Dialogue on Asylum and Migration (MEDAM), with its three participating research institutions, the MPC, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) and CEPS, is involved in the
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The aim of this technical meeting is to present the Observatory of Public Attitudes to Migration (OPAM), discuss ongoing research, and coordinate efforts with relevant parties. The Observatory of Public
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Labour migration and mobility are, and will continue to be, key dynamics in the Euro-Mediterranean region. This event will provide an opportunity for a variety of relevant actors (e.g. government
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The MPC participates in the State of the Union conference, which is an annual event for high-level reflection on the European Union (EU), organised by the European University Institute in
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Last April, in collaboration with the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) held at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence an event on
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Dr Luigi Achilli of the Migration Policy Centre will be a key speaker at the symposium “Migrant Smuggling: Global and Comparative Perspectives” that will be held on 5 April at
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Speaker: Zuzana Pavelková (Central European University) Chair and Discussant: Luigi Achilli (MPC, RSCAS) Thursday 23rd March – 12:00-13:00 – Sala Belvedere, Villa Schifanoia Ever since the beginning of summer 2015,
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The ERC funded project Prospects for International Migration Governance (MIGPROSP), in collaboration with Migration Research at The University of Sheffield Migration Research at Sheffield Group, invite you to celebrate the
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In 2016, the MPC, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) and CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies) launched the Mercator Dialogue on Asylum and Migration (MEDAM), a three-year
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The Migration Policy Centre (MPC) organises two workshops in Tunisia to develop the survey for a study on “Drivers and patterns of rural youth migration and its impact on food
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The Study “From Refugees to Workers”, carried out by the Migration Policy Centre and recently published by the Bertelsmann Stiftung, will be presented in Barcelona on the 29th November, in
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The Migration Policy Centre organises an executive training for the staff of the Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography recently created at the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Ispra,
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Event: The Launch of the special issue of the journal “Investigaciones Feministas” published by the Complutense University in Madrid. Guest editors Sabrina Marchetti (EUI alumna) and Margarita Baranano Cid (UCM)
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This conference, which is organised within the framework of the REDIAL project, will tackle some of the most contentious issues in the implementation of the Return Directive. The discussions will
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Introduction Lectures and workshops Summer School Evaluation Date and Location Eligibility Fees and Scholarship Travel Timetable Contacts   Introduction International migration has become a central topic in the public political
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Overview Speakers Conference Venue Media Development can be described as the search for a better life. This is also the main goal of migrants as they cross international borders to
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Register for this event This workshop intends to bring ethnographic research in the Middle East into conversation with anthropological debate on political agency. There is a number of reasons for
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In contemporary mainstream narratives of migration, the human smuggler has earned a privileged if infamous spot as one of the most widely recognized and despised global predators. Constructed as racialized,
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The Migration Policy Centre, in collaboration with the Bertelsmann Stiftung of Germany, is organising a workshop on the labour market integration of recent refugees and asylum-seekers in nine European Union
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First Annual Policy Conference organised in the framework of the “OMNIA project” The Odysseus Academic Network coordinated by the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), in cooperation with the Migration Policy
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Speaker: Luigi Achilli (Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute) Abstract Smugglers channel migrant streams to Europe across different sea routes. A popular pathway is the eastern Mediterranean route through Turkey
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Speaker: Fulvia Staiano (Government of Ireland - Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Law, University College Cork, Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute) Abstract Throughout Europe, migrant domestic workers are
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The Migration Policy Centre, in collaboration with the European University Institute’s Forum on Migration, Citizenship and Demography (EUI’s Forum), is organising a Conference on Demography, which will take place at
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On Thursday 21st January, the MPC will host 16 students from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, led by Prof. Claude Bruderlein, for a one-day training workshop with four members
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Speaker: Francesco Maiani (University of Lausanne and Visiting Fellow at the Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute) Abstract Two of the most recent developments in the construction of the CEAS are the
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Speaker: Diego Acosta Arcarazo (University of Bristol and Fernand Braudel Fellow, European University Institute) This presentation has two aims in mind. First, introduce the audience to current discussions on the construction
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The first thematic workshop of the project REDIAL, which will be held in Florence on 2 and 3 October 2015, will bring together the participating judges and academics from different
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On 15-17 September, the European Commission organized in Dakar, Senegal, a three-day internal regional training on “EU external cooperation in migration and asylum in North and West Africa”. The workshop
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The 2015 Annual Conference of the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) will be opened with a welcome address by Enrico Rossi, President of the Tuscany Region, and with a keynote speechs
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Introduction Lectures and workshops Date and Location Application Criteria Fees and Scholarship Travel How To Apply Timetable Contacts Practical Informations Participants’ testimonials   Introduction Migration is a critical issue for governments
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On 15-17 June, the European Commission organized in Bangkok, Thailand, a three-day regional training workshop on “EU external cooperation in migration and asylum in Asia” facilitated by Iván Martín, Part-time
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Presentation by Roberto Impicciatore University of Milan Despite the quantitative relevance of family-related migration in most European countries, few studies have attempted to shed light on how migration policies affect
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At the invitation of MIT, Harvard, Penn and the Lebanese American University, Philippe Fargues, Director of the Migration Policy Centre, presented results of on-going research on migration in the Arab
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Description Date and Location Contacts Description The INTERACT project results will presented at the INTERACT Final Conference, which will take place in Brussels, 27 February 2015. The conference will discuss the transnational
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Description Date and Location Contacts Description The legitimacy of pre-removal detention, as authorised by the EU Return Directive, depends upon judicial control as the ultimate guarantor that detention will be
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The Migration Policy Centre will participate in the inaugural conference of the EUI Forum on Migration, Citizenship and Demography that takes place on 17-18 November 2014. The panels of the
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The Migration Policy Centre will present its work on the occasion of the 2014 International Metropolis conference, to be held in Milan, 4-7 November 2014. MPC will participate in Plenary
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The INTERACT project invites you to the next International Workshop in the role of the Countries of Origin in integration of immigrants in the EU. The workshop will take place
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Description Date and Location Contacts Description The Intermediate Meeting of the CONTENTION Project in Florence, bringing together participating judges and academic experts, aims at discussing the draft European synthesis report
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Description Date and Location Contacts Description The aim of the final technical workshop of the MISMES project, which is jointly implemented by the European Training Foundation (ETF) and the Migration
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Description Programme Date and Location Contacts Description On the 4th and 5th of September, 2014, the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) will host the project partners of the Demo-India project, the
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Immigration has polarised European politics for decades. There have been defenders and opponents of migration into Europe, and it has often been the matter of acrimonious debate. In recent years,
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Introduction Date and Location Application Information Tuition Fees and Scholarship Travel How To Apply Timetable Participants’ testimonials Contacts This event is co-funded by the EU   Introduction International migration has
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Description Date and Location Contacts Description Solidarity is one of the challenges facing European Union asylum policy and, knowing that it will be impossible to build a truly Common European
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Description Date and Location Contacts Description The meeting will gather the INTERACT projects' partners and will be dedicated to the discussion of the results of the on-going work on the
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Description Interviews Documents Articles about the event Date and Location Contacts Gallery   Description The MPC is the scientific partner to the Italian Representation of the European Commission in the
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Description Date and Location Contacts   Description On 13 and 14 March 2014 at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, the MISMES project is organising a workshop that will
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Description Date and Location Contacts   Description The Migration Policy Centre is delighted to announce the start of the project CONTENTION (Control of Detention), co-funded by the European Union in
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Description Date and Location Discussant Contacts Attachment   Description The recent short victory of the ‘no’ to mass immigration in Switzerland raises several questions: How come a country with a
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Description Contacts Prof. Andrew Geddes's paper   Description Professor Andrew Geddes will present his paper on "Relationships between Research and Policy on Migration in the European Union: A Practice-Based Analysis”
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Tel. +32 2 204 39 11 The Eastern Partnership (EaP) will be put to the test in Vilnius, 28-29 November. In the run up to this historic event, many important
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Description Contacts Article about the event Paper published following the event   Description The MPC is collaborating with Monash University Prato Centre, PIN University of Florence, and the Business School
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Description Contacts   Description The CARIM-India final conference will take place on 17th and 18th October in New Dehli in order to disseminate the research results of the project and
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See the agenda   Participant presentations: ACCEM, Spain - Reyes Castillo Bulgarian State Agency for Refugees - Anna Andreeva ECRE - Elona Bokshi ECRE - Michael Diedring EUI - Delphine
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Description Date and Location Description The CARIM-East Thematic Session on Migration and Development in Carim East countries will be held in Florence on 2-3 July. It will be dedicated to
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