24 July 2024

Regional Focus: Europe

Short pieces:

Change We Can’t Believe in: A Bleak Review of Labour’s Promises on Asylum (RLI Blog, July 2024) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.  

The Door Opens for a New Chapter in European Cooperation on Migration (MPI Commentary, July 2024) [text]

The Gradual Emergence of the Refugee Issue in Türkiye (Australian Outlook, July 2024) [text]

*Labour promised to scrap the Rwanda policy. But its new approach aims to be just as tough on asylum seekers (The Conversation, July 2024) [text]

The role of Courts in the era of EU externalization policies: A focus on Libya, Tunisia, and Niger (RLI Blog, July 2024) [text]

UK Border Force returns migrants in the Channel to France – expert Q&A (The Conversation, July 2024) [text]

Warmth, Laughter, and the Smell of Buns: Perceptions of Home among Forced Migrants from Ukraine, Spotlight on Ukraine, no. 10 (ZOIS, July 2024) [text]
- Interviews were conducted with Ukrainians in Germany and the Czech Rep.

**For much more news and info on the latest developments, check out the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.**

New open access book:

Humanitarian Aid and Empowerment of Ukrainian Refugees: The Case of Visegrad Group Countries: Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia (Routledge, Aug. 2024) [open access]
- This volume "presents good practices in humanitarian assistance and empowerment of Ukrainian refugees in various areas: emergency aid to large groups crossing the border, organisation of support in places of temporary stay, learning local languages, inclusion of children in school and adults in the labour market, and inclusion in the local community. It indicates the forms of international protection and the scope of their application by migrants from Ukraine, and discusses the temporary protection status dedicated to Ukrainian refugees."

Reports:

Country Report: Hungary (AIDA, July 2024) [text]
- Updated profile.

The Guarantees of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in Respect of Legal Counselling, Assistance and Representation in Asylum Procedures (ECRE, June 2024) [text via Refworld]

Voices from the Camps: Living Conditions and Access to Services in Refugee Camps on the Greek Mainland (Mobile Info Team, July 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"'Europe was a dream for me. This dream came true but remains unfulfilled at the same time': Navigating life aspirations among forced migrants in Austria and Italy," Migration Studies, vol. 12, no. 3 (Sept 2024) [open access]

"HIV-infected Latin American asylum seekers in Madrid, Spain, 2022: A prospective cohort study from a major gateway in Europe," Eurosurveillance, vol. 29, no. 29 (July 2024) [open access]

"The role of sub-national actors in coordinative Europeanisation: insights from the digitalisation of asylum services," Comparative European Politics, Latest Articles, 16 July 2024 [open access]

"Time and displacement: changed temporal experiences of refugee families after reunion," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 23 July 2024 [open access]
- Focuses on the UK.

Resource:

Ukraine is Home (UNHCR) [access]
- "This online portal aims to provide timely and impartial information to millions of people displaced by the full-scale war. It is designed to help Ukrainian refugees and internally displaced make informed decisions regarding potential return—or continued stay in host countries or host communities.  Users can find guidance on accessing the Government’s compensation mechanisms for destroyed or damaged homes, and eligibility requirements when applying from abroad; personal documents to obtain before and bring when returning to Ukraine; and access to free legal aid and cash assistance provided by UNHCR and its local partners, amongst others."

*UPDATED

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