Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

CFP: Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Towards a Common European Framework and a New Governance of Migration and Asylum." Submit abstracts by 12 February 2021.

Blog posts & press:

Beyond the social contract: why we have a duty to protect refugees (Media@LSE, Jan. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the Sovereign Bases Areas in Cyprus.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Migrants Left in the Cold (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2021) [text]

Fresh start or false start? The New Pact on Migration and Asylum (Asile Project Forum, Jan. 2021) [text]

"Greece: Significant Decrease of Arrivals – Chaos Continues," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 15 Jan. 2021 [text]

The new design of the EU’s return system under the Pact on Asylum and Migration (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]

Politics of Exhaustion: Reflecting on an Emerging Concept in the Study of Human Mobility and Control (Border Criminologies Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Producing more Morias across Europe? Questioning the Commission’s vision for border procedures (Protect Project Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]

Pushbacks: Defining and understanding the issue of pushbacks, Info Series #1 (Josoor Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]

Refugees in Greece: Risk of Homelessness and Destitution for Thousands during Winter (ActionAid et al., Dec. 2020) [text]

A System of Profiteering: Outsourcing the Asylum Interview Process (Refugee Hosts Blog, Jan. 2021) [text] 

- Focuses on the UK.

Validating Border Violence on the Aegean: Frontex’s Internal Records (Border Criminologies Blog, Jan. 2021) [text]

Reports:

Asylum and refugee resettlement in the UK (Migration Observatory, Dec. 2020) [text]

EU-level Report on the status of refugee-led community organisations (ECRE, Dec. 2020) [access]

Experiencing asylum appeal hearings: 34 ways to improve access to justice at the First-tier Tribunal, Public Law Project Research Paper (Univ. of Exeter, Dec. 2020) [text]

NGO ships involved in search and rescue in the Mediterranean and legal proceedings against them (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Dec. 2020) [access]

Recommendations to the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union (IOM, Jan. 2021) [access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (12 Jan. 2021)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (12 Jan. 2021)