02 July 2026

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The Chișinău Declaration in the Data: Non-Refoulement and States’ Insatiable Appetite for a Restrained Court (EJIL: Talk Blog, June 2026) [text]

Commission proposes to extend temporary protection of people fleeing Ukraine for an additional year (European Commission, June 2026) [text]

Externalising Return: The Austria–Uzbekistan Migration Agreement and the Future of EU Return Governance (RLI Blog, June 2026) [text]

IOM-UNHCR: EU Pact offers hope for better migration management and fairer asylum systems (June 2026) [text]

Myths & Realities about Return Hubs under the Return Regulation (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, June 2026) [text]

New migration and asylum rules enter into application: what is changing? (European Commission, June 2026) [text]

Refugee Protection in the unique context of Northern Ireland: an introduction (RLI Blog, July 2026) [text]

UN Human Rights Chief concerned about new EU returns law, urges consistency with human rights and refugee law (OHCHR, June 2026) [text]

Why public attitudes to immigration don't respond to falling migration (LSE British Politics Blog, June 2026) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.

New open access books:

Fragmented Lives in Times of War: Displacement within and from Ukraine (transcript Publishing, June 2026) [open access]
- "What are the challenges faced by forced migrants within and from Ukraine due to the Russian invasion? The interdisciplinary contributors shed light on the lives of displaced persons, which are divided ‒ in terms of time, space, and social context ‒ into a 'before' and 'after' the war. They analyse the uncertainties faced by war migrants and those who have decided to remain in Ukraine, and how people navigate these uncertainties in everyday life. The volume presents case studies from various European countries that make an important contribution to the growing literature on forced migration from Ukraine and provides new insights into the under-researched areas of internal displacement and voluntary immobility in Ukraine."

Visas in Migration and Asylum Law: The Key that Opens the Door (Routledge, June 2026) [open access
- "This book explores and discusses the different perspectives stemming from the visa as a tool of international mobility. A visa has a multifaced nature. It is a 'key' which allows foreign nationals to reach the door of the State. It is also a tool for the State to govern migration and border control. In humanitarian and international protection terms, it is also a tool for human rights protection. Against this background, this book assesses the legal and socio-political implications arising from the multipurpose nature and scope of visas. It is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the visa as an instrument for migration control, contextualizing the rationale behind its invention and the legal challenges it raises. The second part focuses on the visa as a tool for asylum, examining its use for humanitarian purposes, including resettlement schemes and emergency-related evacuation initiatives put in place in different legal systems." Part 1 focuses particularly on the EU.

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