As the influx of migrants to Europe from Africa and elsewhere unfolds as the biggest humanitarian, political and solidarity crisis of 2015, we are being challenged to formulate unified European policies. However, blind spots along the migration trails are hampering our understanding of the situation. While right-wing parties want to strengthen the borders to discourage migrants from coming to Europe, this living analysis seeks to find alternative solutions to the situation that take into account the humanitarian, political and solidarity principles at stake.
Featured articles
- Living analysis, the Migration Trail. European migration policies in a globalizing world – Karlijn Muiderman (26 November 2015)
- What are the connections between Africa’s contemporary conflicts? – Karlijn Willemse, Mirjam de Bruijn, Han van Dijk, Jonna Both, Karlijn Muiderman (07 July 2015)
- Lack of shared responsibility turns Turkey into gateway instead of safe stay – Katherine Kuschminder (20 November 2015)
- Changing expectations as real push factor for migration to Europe – Frank van Kesteren (23 November 2015)
- An ambitious agenda: migration and the SDGs – Chris Richter (24 November 2015)
- Why migrants choose the Libyan route – Ines Kohl (25 November 2015)
- Migration to and from Europe: an interactive map – the Broker (26 November 2015)
- Migration and Refugee Crisis in the Mediterranean – Sarah Wolff (26 November 2015)
- An overview of United Nations and European Union migration regulations – Frank van Kesteren (26 November 2015)
- African migration calls for an intercontinental outlook – Frank van Kesteren (26 November 2015)
- Migration: definitions and debates in terminology – Frank van Kesteren (26 November 2015)
- The EUs self-threatening border regime – Henk van Houtum, Rodrigo Bueno Lacy (26 November 2015)
- Innovative ways to tackle humanitarian crises: the case of the Migrant Offshore Aid Station – Eugenio Cusumano (10 December 2015)
- Moving Global Action on Migration and Refugees Forward: A Need for Innovative Partnerships – Manon Tiessink, Franca König (18 December 2015)
- Challenges to a comprehensive and integrated EU migration and asylum policy – Anna Knoll, Raphaëlle Faure (03 February 2016)
- Addressing root causes of Europe’s immigration crisis through extraterritorial measures – Friederycke Haijer, Jeff Handmaker (04 February 2016)
- Can deterrent policies stop people coming to Europe? – Jessica Hagen-Zanker, Richard Mallett (23 March 2016)
- Agricultural policy to stem migration: A look at Syria and the Sahel – Karlijn Muiderman, Annemarie van de Vijsel (31 March 2016)
- Do Europeans even know what ‘shelter in the region’ looks like? – Nora Stel, Wim Naudé (20 June 2016)
- Beyond war and peace: migration management in Libya – Julien Brachet (19 October 2016)
- Treating migration as a security threat won’t make it go away – Mark Furness (21 December 2016)
- It is not about yes or no to migration, but how much – Jeroen Corduwener (20 November 2017)
- Building an inclusive narrative and focusing on integration: the new way forward – Miriam Juan-Torres (28 February 2018)