19 July 2023

Regional Focus: Europe

Short pieces:

The constrained displacement of asylum-seekers in France: how emergency became a long-lasting policy (MPC Blog, July 2023) [text]

Criminals, terrorists and freeloaders: how migrants are portrayed in the European media (The Conversation, July 2023) [text]

The government passed a major immigration law last year – so why is it trying to pass another one? (The Conversation, July 2023) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.

Illegal Migration Bill to become law within days after Government wins all votes in House of Lords (Electronic Immigration Network, July 2023) [text]
- Focuses on the UK. See also joint press release from UNHCR and OHCHR, warning of "profound impact on human rights and international refugee protection system," and related post on The Conversation.

Joint Statement: NGOs call on Member States and European Parliament: Go no Lower: Reject the Use of Legal Loopholes in EU Asylum Law Reforms (ECRE et al., July 2023) [text]

Left in Waves: Italy’s New Immigration Decree Endangers the Lives of Migrants and Refugees at Sea (RLI Blog, July 2023) [text]

Turkish Courts’ Engagement with the 1951 Convention (RLI Blog, July 2023) [text]

UK Borderscapes: sites of resistance and enforcement (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2023) [access]
- Follow link for more posts in this blog series.

Reports & book chapters:

Country Report: Türkiye (AIDA, July 2023) [text]
- Updated profile.

Migrants and refugees who took the Western Balkan route: Access to information and decision-making (Mixed Migration Centre, July 2023) [text]

"Rebordering, Forced Migration and Population Health Crises, 1988–1994," Chapter in New Wars and Old Plagues: Armed Conflict, Environmental Change and Resurgent Malaria in the Southern Caucasus (Springer, June 2023) [open access]

Refugees and migrants in Türkiye: Access to information and decision-making (Mixed Migration Centre, July 2023) [text]

Türkiye-Syria earthquake’s impact on Afghan, Iranian, Iraqi and Somali migrants and refugees in Türkiye (Mixed Migration Centre, July 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Becoming part of the city: local emplacement after forced displacement," Fennia: International Journal of Geography, vol. 201, no. 1 (2023) [open access]
- Focuses on the Netherlands. Note: See also three related commentaries on this article listed under the "Reflections" section of the TOC

"Civil Society and Social Integration of Asylum Seekers: The ‘Strength of Weak Ties’ and the Dynamics of ‘Strategic Action Fields’," Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 7 (July 2023) [open access]
- Focuses on Sweden.

"Do applications respond to changes in asylum policies in European countries?," Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 93 (March 2023) [postprint]
- Note: Access to the complete text is currently under embargo.

"European attitudes to refugees after the Russian invasion of Ukraine," West European Politics, Latest Articles, 13 July 2023 [open access]

"Rethinking Vulnerability as a Radically Ethical Device: Ethical Vulnerability Analysis and the EU’s 'Migration Crisis'," Human Rights Review, vol. 24, no. 2 (June 2023) [open access]

"The Well-Being of Undocumented Migrants in The Netherlands: Learning about Post-Migration Experiences," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 17 July 2023 [open access]

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