Migration

Interview – Matthew Goodwin

E-International Relations • Sep 5 2018 • Features

Matthew Goodwin talks about his new book National Populism, the upcoming Swedish elections, eurosceptic and pro-European political parties, and the Brexit referendum.

Conflict and Migration in the Middle East: Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Lebanon

Kamel Doraï • Sep 4 2018 • Articles

The Syrian crisis has transformed Middle Eastern migration. New refugee camps has given a new dimension to the debate on the forms of refugee settlement.

From Narratives to Perceptions in the Securitisation of the Migratory Crisis in Europe

Susana Ferreira • Sep 3 2018 • Articles

The current migratory crisis has highlighted the handicaps of the EU’s common immigration, border and asylum policies and their growing securitisation.

Exposing the Universality of Human Rights as a False Premise

Emma Larking • Sep 2 2018 • Articles

In order to promote mobilisations clarity is necessary about the role currently played by human rights instruments in upholding an outdated conception of sovereignty.

Forced Migration and Security Threats to Syrian Refugee Women

Özlem Özdemir • Sep 1 2018 • Articles

When refugee women are empowered economically, socially and politically, they will have the ability to play a key role in preventing the spread of violence.

The Venezuelan Crisis Spills Over Into a Small Island – Trinidad and Tobago

Faies Jafar • Aug 31 2018 • Articles

The overwhelming influx of Venezuelan migrants and refugees regionally has spilled over to small island states in the Caribbean including Trinidad and Tobago.

Observations on Migration in the Twenty-First Century: Where to from Here?

Migration is trapped in the triangle between controversial scholarly, popular and political debate, with decisions directly affecting the lives of thousands.

The Cultural ‘Therapeutics’ of Sovereignty in the Context of Forced Migration

Amadu Khan • Aug 29 2018 • Articles

State therapeutic apparatuses are based on a false premise that immigrants are incapable of acquiring the behaviours, language and cultural values of the host country.

Solidarity Beyond the State in Europe’s Common European Asylum System

Valsamis Mitsilegas • Aug 27 2018 • Articles

The development of Europe’s Common Asylum System has been based on a concept of solidarity which is predominantly state-centred. This approach has not served the EU well.

Australia’s Extraterritorial Asylum Policies and the Making of Transit Sites

Sally Clark • Aug 24 2018 • Articles

Despite the brevity of human rights legislation states are now implementing pre-emptive measures that effectively neutralise their obligations.

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