10 June 2020

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Events:

Webinar: What are the Implications of COVID19 for Migration Flows & Asylum?, 15 June 2020 [info]

Call for participation: 17th IMISCOE Annual Conference, Online, 1-2 July 2020 [info]
- Register by 20 June 2020.

Blog posts & press:

After the 'Migration Crisis': How Europe Works to Keep Africans in Africa - Expert Discussion (openDemocracy, May 2020) [access]

"Applications for Asylum in EU Plummet during Pandemic," Reuters, 10 June 2020 [text]

Bordering the Biological Threat and the Questionable Logic of Poland’s ‘Closed Borders’ Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2020) [text]

The Civil Fleet [access]
- "[A] news blog focusing on the NGOs and volunteers who rescue refugees in the Mediterranean and beyond."

"Commentary: 'Leave No One Behind' and Access to Protection in the Greek Islands in the COVID‐19 Era," International Migration, vol. 58, no. 3 (June 2020) [free full-text]

"Croatia: Further Evidence of Systemic Push-Backs at the Border with Bosnia," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 5 June 2020 [text]

Greece: Locals “Stay at Home” While Migrants “Stay Invisible” (LIDC Migration Leadership Team Blog, May 2020) [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]

Greece Must Ensure Safety Net and Integration Opportunities for Refugees (UNHCR, June 2020) [text]

*IOM Alarmed over Reports of Pushbacks from Greece at EU Border with Turkey (IOM, June 2020) [text]

"Letters: Covid-19 and Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Migrants in Greece," BMJ, vol. 369, 1 June 2020 [free full-text]

"Med: Malta Under-Fire for Continued Rights Violations but PM Dodges Homicide Charges," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 5 June 2020 [text]

A Nowhere Space (Africa is a Country, June 2020) [text]
- "In an agreement between the EU and African countries, refugees held at sea in the Mediterranean cannot claim rights to asylum. They are forever in limbo."

Push Backs at Land Borders: Asady and Others v. Slovakia and N.D and N.T v. Spain. Is the Principle of Non-refoulement at Risk? (RLI Blog, June 2020) [text]

Safe and Legal Routes & COVID-19 (MOAS Blog, June 2020) [text]

*UPDATED

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