09 April 2022

Regional Focus: Europe

Note: The latest round-up of coverage relating to the invasion of Ukraine is available here.

Blog posts & press:

The EU Policy of Containment of Asylum Seekers at the Borders of Europe (International Law Blog, April 2022) 
- Part 1: The Hotspot Approach [text]
- Part 2: The Closed Controlled Access Centres [text]

Gaps in Migration Governance and Refugees as Political Leverage: The Case of the Route from Lebanon to Belarus (CPD Policy Blog, March 2022) [text]

Offshore Asylum Processing: The Future of Asylum in the UK or Dead Letter? (RLI Blog, April 2022) [text]

**More news is available via ECRE's Weekly Bulletin.

Reports & journal articles:

Country Reports (AIDA, April 2022) 
- Updated profiles are available for Belgium, France, Germany and The Netherlands.

Forced Migration, Social Cohesion and Conflict: The 2015 Refugee Inflow in Germany, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9913 (World Bank, Jan. 2022) [text]

The journey towards Italy: drivers, routes and use of smugglers (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2022) 
- A series of three 4Mi snapshots looking at the journey towards Europe of Pakistanis, Nigerians and Sudanese interviewed in Italy.

Pushed beyond the limits: Four areas for urgent action to end human rights violations at Europe’s borders (EU Commissioner for Human Rights, April 2022) [text]

"Leisure as a Space for Inclusion and the Improvement of Life Satisfaction of Immigrants," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 5 April 2022 [open access]
- Focuses on Spain.

Long-Term Effects of the 1923 Mass Refugee Inflow on Social Cohesion in Greece, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9912 (World Bank, Jan. 2022) [text]

Strategy for UNHCR Engagement in mixed movement in the Western Balkans (UNHCR, Oct. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

“Their Faces Were Covered”: Greece’s Use of Migrants as Police Auxiliaries in Pushbacks (Human Rights Watch, April 2022) [access]

"Who Belongs, and How Far? Refugees and Bureaucrats Within the German Active Welfare State," Social Inclusion, vol. 10, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

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