11 July 2025

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The asylum paradox – yes. But what now? (PRIO Blog, June 2025) [text]

Denmark’s Supreme Court stops illegal sentencing of refugees for entering with false documents (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2025) [text]

How the UK became dependent on asylum hotels (The Conversation, June 2025) [text]

Joint statement: EU ‘safe country’ and return proposals would seriously undermine protection and human dignity (HIAS et al., July 2025) [text]

‘Nothing to see here’? Criminalisation, solidarity, and visibility at the Belgian-French border (Border Criminologies Blog, June 2025) [text]

Polish law restricting the right to asylum at borders (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, July 2025) [text]

The Problem is Terrorism, Not Migration (Lawfare, June 2025) [text]

The ruling of the Court of Justice in Kinsa: A first step towards the decriminalisation of the facilitation of unauthorised entry? (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, July 2025) [text]

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

Reports: 

Asylum and Migration Overview 2024 (European Migration Network, July 2025) [access]
- See also related European Commission news release.

Country Reports (AIDA, July 2025) 
- See updated profiles for Austria, Poland and Serbia.

Deadly Manoeuvres: Obstruction and Violence in the Central Mediterranean (Médecins Sans Frontières, June 2025) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Available in English and Italian.

The Downfall of Assad: Syrian Refugees’ Settlement Intentions after the Unexpected Regime Change, IAB Discussion Paper, no. 9 (Institute for Employment Research, 2025) [text]
- Focuses on Germany.

Migrants Travelling to Europe by Land and by Sea: Journeys, vulnerabilities and needs of migrants along the Mediterranean, African Atlantic and Western Balkan routes in 2024 (International Organization for Migration, June 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]
Returning Home from Abroad: Trends, Drivers, and Reintegration Challenges among Ukrainian Returnees from Abroad (IOM, July 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Why Return to Ukraine? An Analysis of Ukraine’s Evolving Return Policies and the Motivations of Refugees to Return (Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, June 2025) [text]

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