18 February 2026

Regional Focus: Europe

Short pieces:

Asylum Interviews in Southern Italy: Narratives, Credibility and Consequences (NCCR On the Move Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

A Draconian Return System: High Humanitarian Cost of the Forthcoming Return of Irregular Migrants (Verfassungsblog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Spain’s mass regularisation for 500,000 undocumented migrants is not extreme, unprecedented or opportunistic (The Conversation, Feb. 2026) [text]

The Steering Committee’s ‘Preliminary Draft Text’ for the Chișinău Declaration: Nothing is Wrong with the ECtHR’s Migration Case-Law (EJIL: Talk Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

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

Reports:

Budgeting for Asylum, Migration and Inclusion in Europe after 2027 (ECRE, Feb. 2026) [text]

Mixed movements in South-Eastern Europe: Understanding Diverse Motivations and Intentions (UNHCR, Feb. 2026) [text]

Routes in flux: Is EU migration policy working? Falling arrivals, shifting routes, and the EU’s new migration strategy (Mixed Migration Centre, Feb. 2026) [access]
- Follow link for texts of report and related article.

Transitioning to What? Legal Statuses Available After Temporary Protection for People Displaced from Ukraine (ECRE, Feb. 2026)
Paper 1: Germany, Austria, Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Republic of Moldova
- Paper 2: Belgium, France and Spain
- Paper 3: Poland and Italy

Journal articles:

"Field reflections from training Finnish asylum officials," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 8 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"'No Safe Haven' and the Politics of Accountability: The Extradition and Exclusion of Rwandan Genocide Suspects," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 12 Feb. 2026 [open access]
- Focuses on The Netherlands.

"Organisational determinants of administrative decision-making quality in European asylum offices: a qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA)," Comparative Migration Studies, 10 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"Still Deserving? Social Construction of Ukrainian Refugees Changing Over Time," Nationalities Papers, FirstView, 3 Feb. 2026 [open access]

"'They are lovely men': Compassionate exclusion used to justify a protest outside asylum seeker accommodation," British Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 65, no. 2 (April 2026) [open access]
- Focuses on Ireland.

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