Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Back to the future? Questioning EU’s renewed approach to returns and readmission (Protect Project Blog, April 2021) [text]

The European Approach to Hotspots in Greek Islands (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2021) [text]

Serbia vaccinates refugees against COVID-19 (UNHCR, March 2021) [text]

UNHCR reprimands Greece over more reports of pushbacks at sea (InfoMigrants, March 2021) [text]

Weaponising Geography on the Greek-Turkish Border (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2021) [text]

Why sticking to the Refugee Convention still matters (Free Movement Blog, April 2021) [text]

Reports:

Country Reports (AIDA, April 2021) 

- Updated profiles available for Belgium and Slovenia.

"Demographic Transformation of Crimea: Forced Migration as Part of Russia’s ‘Hybrid’ Strategy," Eurasia Daily Monitor, vol. 18, no. 50 (March 2021) [text]

Initial-reception facilities at external borders: fundamental rights issues to consider (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, March 2021) [text]

No More Morias? Origins, challenges and prospects of the hotspots on the Greek islands (Expert Council on Integration and Migration, April 2021) [access]

- Note: See also info on related April 12 webinar.

Syrian Migrants in Sweden: A Survey on Experiences of Migration and Integration, Working Paper, no. 5 (RESPOND Project, April 2021) [text]

Ukraine: Legislative Updates (UNHCR, Feb. 2021) [text]

Resource: 

Statewatch Observatory on Frontex [access]

- Read this Twitter thread for info on recent updates and new sections.

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe (28 March 2021)