Ali Ali, Michael Collyer, Priya Deshingkar, Anne-Meike Fechter, Melissa Gatter, Linda Morrice, Ceri Oeppen, Judith Townend and Tahir Zaman, SCMR, University of Sussex Refugee Week has been celebrated in the UK since 1998 around World Refugee Day, June 20th. This…
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Community as a Superpower – Research in action.
Tagged with: community, refugee week, research, SCMR
Posted in Migration Comments, Migration Research
Posted in Migration Comments, Migration Research
Starmer’s ‘Island of strangers’ takes a page from Trump’s migration policy book. Spain shows a different path is possible
Caterina Mazzilli, ODI Global and Gonzalo Fanjul, Fundacion por Causa and ODI Europe With the presentation of his White Paper on 12th May 2025, UK Home Secretary Keir Starmer has been the latest to join the anti-immigration epidemic sweeping across…
Tagged with: migration, Regularization, Spain, United Kingdom, White paper
Posted in Migration Comments
Posted in Migration Comments
The current Colombian administration’s response towards Venezuelan migration: A clash between a liberal rhetoric, foreign policy and domestic politics
Manuel Alejandro Núñez Ochoa. Migration Studies MA alumnus (University of Sussex) and former Associate Resettlement and Complementary Pathways Officer. The Colombian response to Venezuelan forced migration has undergone significant changes since the administration of Gustavo Petro took office in 2022.…
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,…
Tagged with: Asylum Seekers & Refugees, Cartagena declaration, forced migration
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Posted in Migration Comments
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…
A European language detection software to determine asylum seekers’ country of origin: Questioning the assumptions and implications of the EUAA’s project
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,…
Tagged with: Artificial Intelligence, Asylum Seekers & Refugees, European Union Asylum Agency
Posted in Migration Comments, Migration Research
Posted in Migration Comments, Migration Research
The Impact of USRAP Suspension on Family Reunification
Author Anonymous*, Refugee Resettlement specialist Over the course of its 45 year history, the United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) has earned and enjoyed broadly bipartisan support as a vital, national private-public partnership. It has long been recognized as integral…
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