25 May 2025

Regional Focus: Europe

Short pieces:

Commission proposes to facilitate the application of the safe third country concept (EU Commission, May 2025) [text]
- See also related comments from Amnesty International and ECRE.

Empathy in Action: How Perspective-Taking Shapes Public Support for Ukraine in Eastern Europe (Standford Univ., May 2025) [text]

The European Commission’s Proposal for a Return Regulation: A Perplexing Expulsion Exercise (RLI Blog, May 2025) [text]
- See also related journal article below.

Rejected asylum seekers in Europe: are ‘return hubs’ the right response? (RLI Blog, May 2025) [text]
- See also related post on The Loop.

Starmer announces migration ‘return hubs’ on Albania visit, but Albania doesn’t want them – what’s going on? (The Conversation, May 2025) [text]
- See also related BBC News article.

[Un]Wanted People: Internal Displacement in Russia caused by the Russo-Ukrainian War (RID Blog, May 2025) [text]

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

Reports: 

Country Reports (AIDA, May 2025) 
- See updated profiles for Hungary and The Netherlands.

For when the war ends: prospects and policy options for Ukrainian refugees, CEPS Policy Brief, no. 1 (Centre for European Policy Studies, May 2025) [text]

*Four million people, one crossroads: Charting the future of temporary protection - Policy Paper (ICMPD, May 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Guidance on Remote Interviews (EU Agency for Asylum, May 2025) [text]

Strength in numbers: The UK refugee and migration sector in 2025 (Migration Exchange, May 2025) [text via EIN]

UNHCR Recommendations on the continued use of Temporary Protection and Guiding Principles for Transition in relation to the Ukraine Refugee Situation (UNHCR, May 2025) [text]

Journal articles:

"The ‘Borders of Berlin’: West African protests and the coloniality of Euro-African deportation cooperation," Geoforum, vol. 161 (May 2025) [open access]

"Denmark’s Turn to Temporary Protection Has Made It a Pioneer in Restrictive Immigration Policies," Migration Information Source, 21 May 2025 [text]

"The European Union, ‘Expulsion of aliens’ and the Return Directive: a repressive or protective framework?," Griffith Law Review, Latest Articles, 21 May 2025 [open access]
- See also related blog posts above.

"The European Union’s responsibility to protect refugees," Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Latest Articles, 21 May 2025 [open access]

"Gatekeepers or agents of change? The political agency of lawyers in the Dutch family migration regime," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 16 May 2025 [open access]

*UPDATED

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