04 December 2019

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 3

Balkans & Central/Eastern Europe:

Blog posts & press

"Advocate General: Refusal to Relocate Asylum Seekers 'Breached EU Law'," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 8 Nov. 2019 [text]
- Focuses on the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.

"Bosnia's Vucjak Camp: Migrants, a Garbage Dump — and a Road to Nowhere," DW, 16 Nov. 2019 [text]
- See also related statement by Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and AP story.

Croatia’s Violent Pushbacks of Refugees and Asylum-seekers (openDemocracy, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related Human Rights Watch news story.

"Migrants, Refugees Find Shelter Hard to Come by in Bosnia," Balkan Insight, 15 Nov. 2019 [text]

Why Some EU Countries are Struggling to Relocate Migrants (The Conversation, Dec. 2019) [text]
- Focuses on Romania.

Reports & journal articles

First Annual Progress Report: Multi-Year, Multi-Partner Protection and Solutions Strategy for Ukraine 2018-2022 (UNHCR, May 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Issue of Securitization of the Refugee," Polish Political Science Yearbook, vol. 48, no. 1 (2019) [open access]

Psychological Well-being of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Serbia: 2019 Research Report ( People in Need & UNHCR, Oct. 2019) [text]

Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia: Periodic Report for July-Sept. 2019 (Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, Nov. 2019) [text via ECRE]

Schengen: A Club Where Fundamental Rights (Do Not) Matter? (ECRE, Nov. 2019) [text]
- "ECRE'S assessment of shortcomings in addressing fundamental rights violations within Schengen processes, with a focus on Croatia's accession to the Schengen area, and its recommendations to support fundamental rights compliance."

"Self-Enhancement and Helping Behavior: Motivations of Volunteers in Registration and Reception Centers for Refugees in Bulgaria," Qualitative Sociology Review, vol. 15, no. 2 (2019) [open access]

"Through the Lens of History: The Effects of Beliefs about Historical Victimization on Responses to Refugees," International Journal of Intercultural Relations, vol. 74 (Jan. 2020) [free full-text]
- Focuses on Hungary.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (4 Dec. 2019)

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