Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2

Accessing the Migration Apparatus (Border Criminologies Blog, Nov. 2017) [text]
 - This first post introduces a blog series that reflects on "the way access shapes researchers’ positionality, the scientific knowledge they produce, and our understanding of the modern state. From the Guardia Civil in Melilla to the Finnish border guard and the Israeli immigration detention centres, the institutions to which access was sought are all constituents of what Gregory Feldman described as the European migration apparatus." The seven posts can be accessed via the "See also" menu on the right side.

Asylum and Refugee Support: Civil Society Filling the Gaps? (Asylum.Welfare.Work. Project, Oct. 2017) [text]
- See also Discover Society post.

"Asylum Seekers Face Appeals 'Lottery'," BBC, 29 Nov. 2017 [text]
- See also related Free Movement blog post.

"Civic Stratification and Crime: A Comparison of Asylum Migrants with Different Legal Statuses," Crime, Law and Social Change, OnlineFirst, 21 Nov. 2017 [open access]

Country Report: Portugal (AIDA, Dec. 2017) [text]

From Syria to Spain: Syrian Migration to Europe via the Western Mediterranian Route between 2015 and 2017 (REACH & Mixed Migration Platform, Nov. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Why Greece’s Latest Refugee Emergency Feels Like a Disturbing Deja Vu (Refugees Deeply, Dec. 2017) [text]
- Note: Greece has begun moving some asylum-seekers to the mainland; see Reuters article.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (1 Dec. 2017)

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