Ellen Hughes is a third-year undergraduate student studying Anthropology and International Development at the University of Sussex. The Kafala system, a sponsorship-based labour structure prevailing in multiple Middle Eastern countries, has long been criticized as a tool for exploitation, with…
Cecilia Manzotti, Doctoral Researcher, School of Law & SCMR, University of Sussex (UK) In 2022, the European Union Asylum Agency (EUAA) reported that seven European Union (EU) member states (Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, Denmark, Sweden and Finland) and Switzerland,…
Author anonymous. In October last year, Berlin attracted international attention for a turnout of more than 80,000 Iranian people and allies showing solidarity with protesters in Iran. Capturing a feeling that resonates with myself and other members of the Iranian…
Sunit Bagree is Communications Manager for Protracted Displacement Economies (PDE), a project funded by UK Research and Innovation through the Global Challenges Research Fund (grant reference number ES/T004509/1). This is a joint PDE-Sussex Centre for Migration Research blog post. Referring…
Lessons from Cartagena: what can the world learn about migration governance?
Esteban Octavio Scuzarello, is a doctoral researcher at the European University Institute, Italy. His work focuses on forced displacement in South America. The 1970s and 1980s are remembered as turbulent years in Latin America, marked by coup d’états, political persecution,…
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