Regional Focus: Europe

Last minute event:

Solidarity and Asylum Policy of the European Union, Florence, Italy, 21 May 2014 [info]
- "The primary goal of the seminar is to discuss a model for tradable refugee quotas between EU Member States that has been elaborated by economists attached to the Migration Policy Centre (MPC)."

Publications:

Alternatives to Europe's Substandard IDP and Refugee Collective Centres (PACE, May 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Deflection into Irregularity? The (Un)intended Effects of Restrictive Asylum and Visa Policies, Working Paper, no. 84 (International Migration Institute, Feb, 2014) [text]

The Governance of Migration, Mobility and Asylum in the EU: A Contentious Laboratory, Imagining Europe, no. 5 (Istituto Affari Internazionali, April 2014) [text]

Governing Irregular Migration and Asylum at the Borders of Europe: Between Efficiency and Protection, Imagining Europe, no. 6 (Istituto Affari Internazionali, May 2014) [text]

Solidarity and Responsibility-sharing for Refugee Protection in the EU’s Common European Asylum System, Oxford, 14 May 2014 [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

Speaking for Ourselves - Hearing Refugee Voices: A Journey Towards Empowerment (UNHCR, May 2014) [text]

The UK Immigration Act 2014: Last Minute Amendments - Too Little, Too Late? (Border Criminologies Blog, May 2014) [text]

UNHCR Says Internal Displacement Affects Some 10,000 People in Ukraine (UNHCR, May 2014) [text]
- See also related briefing note.

[Updated Country Reports] (AIDA, May 2014)
- The reports for Hungary and Netherlands were recently updated.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (12 May 2014)

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