Regional Focus: Europe

"African and European Leaders Agree Action Plan on Migration Crisis," The Guardian, 28 Aug. 2017 [text]
- See also related UNHCR statement.

Deeply Talks: Lessons for Italy from the E.U.-Turkey Deal (Refugees Deeply, Aug. 2017) [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

Desperate Journeys: Refugees and Migrants Entering and Crossing Europe via the Mediterranean and Western Balkans Routes, Jan.-June 2017 (UNHCR, Aug. 2017) [text]
- See also related UNHCR press release. An earlier report with the same name covered January - April.

"EU States Begin Returning Refugees to Greece as German Reunions Slow," The Guardian, 25 Aug. 2017 [text]

"A More Acceptable Solution: The Proposed European Union Agency of Asylum and Refugees," Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, vol. 49, no. 1 (2017) [full-text]

"The Multiple Forms of Violence in the Asylum System," Chapter in The Violence of Austerity (Pluto Press, 2017) [preprint]

No Easy Way Out: Humanitarian Visas at the Nexus of Refuge, Migration and Development, TLI Think! Paper, no. 72/2017 (King's College London, May 2017) [text via SSRN]

Taking Stock of Assisted Voluntary Return from Europe: Decision Making, Reintegration and Sustainable Return – Time for a Paradigm Shift, EUI Working Paper, no. RSCAS 2017/31 (European University Institute, 2017) [text]
- See also related Migration Systems Q&A.

UNHCR Comments on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council Laying Down Standards for the Reception of Applicants for International Protection (Recast) – COM (2016) 465 (UNHCR, Aug. 2017) [text]

Up against Angela Merkel, a Social Democrat Wants to Talk about Refugees (Inside Story, July 2017) [text]

"Why are Fewer Irregular Migrants Arriving in Italy?," The Economist, 28 Aug. 2017 [text]

Why It’s Too Early to Call Rise in Refugee Boats to Spain a ‘Crisis’ (Refugees Deeply, Aug. 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Indiv. Countries (24 Aug. 2017)
- Regional Focus: Europe - General (24 Aug. 2017)

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