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,…
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A European language detection software to determine asylum seekers’ country of origin: Questioning the assumptions and implications of the EUAA’s project
Tagged with: Artificial Intelligence, Asylum Seekers & Refugees, European Union Asylum Agency
Posted in Migration Comments, Migration Research
Posted in Migration Comments, Migration Research
The Iranian diaspora’s role in the Woman, Life, Freedom movement
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…
The UK’s hypocritical and heartless approach to displacement and migration
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…
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The True Cost of the 2022 World Cup: How Qatar’s Migrant Workers Paid the Price
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…
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