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Written by Marcin Grajewski,
The European Union’s southern borders remain under pressure from irregular migrants escaping poverty and war in the Middle East and Africa. The 2016 agreement between the EU and Turkey significantly slowed the influx to Europe through Greece of people escaping the war in Syria. However, the number of irregular migrant arrivals via other routes, especially across the central Mediterranean, remains high, boosting support for nationalist, anti-immigrant and populist groups across the EU. EU leaders agreed in February that the bloc should allocate more funds in its next long-term budget to the curbing of irregular migration.
This note offers links to commentaries and studies on migration by major international think tanks. Earlier papers on the same topic can be found in a previous edition of ‘What Think Tanks are thinking’, published in June 2017.
Beyond border control, migrant integration policies must be revived
Bruegel, February 2018
Mainstreaming 2.0: How Europe’s education systems can boost migrant inclusion
Migration Policy Institute, February 2018
Leading the way? Italy’s external migration policies and the 2018 elections: An uncertain future
Istituto Affari Internazionali, February 2018
The external processing of asylum seekers: Member States’ migration talking shop
European Policy Centre, January 2018
People on the move: Migration and mobility in the European Union
Bruegel, January 2018
Regional migration governance: Contributions to a sustainable international migration architecture
Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, January 2018
Is Europe turning its back on refugees and migrants?
Carnegie Europe, January 2018
Auf Lesbos zeigen sich die Versäumnisse des EU-Türkei-Abkommens
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, January 2018
Turning the tide on EU migration policy
Notre Europe, December 2017
10 trends shaping migration
European Political Strategy Centre, December 2017
Nobody move! Myths of the EU migration crisis
European Union Institute for Security Studies, December 2017
The European External Investment Plan in the Southern Neighbourhood: How to make it work
European Policy Centre, December 2017
EU Migration Partnerships: A Work in progress
Migration Policy Institute, December 2017
Misunderstanding migration in North and West Africa
European Council on Foreign Relations, December 2017
The challenge of fostering financial inclusion of refugees
Bruegel, December 2017
How the EU has become an immigration area
Bruegel, December 2017
Global flows: Migration and security
Friends of Europe, December 2017
Establishing identity of non-EU nationals in Irish migration processes
Economic and Social Research Institute, European Migration Network, December 2017
Impulse für eine nachhaltige internationale Migrationsarchitektur
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, December 2017
Einwanderungspolitik in Italien: Probleme und Perspektiven
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, December 2017
How the EU and third countries can manage migration
Centre for European Reform, November 2017
Family reunification for migrants under subsidiary protection in Germany: An instrument for strategic political positioning
Centre for European Policy Studies, November 2017
The economic effects of refugee return and policy implications
OCP Policy Center, November 2017
The Global Compact for Migration: How does development fit in?
Migration Policy Institute, November 2017
Escaping from Tunisia
European Council on Foreign Relations, December 2017
Roadmap for sustainable migration management in the Sahel: Lessons from Agadez
Clingendael, November 2017
Beyond transactional deals: Building lasting migration partnerships in the Mediterranean
Migration Policy Institute, November 2017
The influence of economic migration on the Polish economy
Center for Social and Economic Research, November 2017
Europa und die Zuwanderung: Die Wahrnehmung von Migration in Europa und die damit verbundenen Vorstellungen in Frankreich
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, November 2017
Migrants in the Mediterranean: Easy and difficult solutions
Centre for European Policy Studies, October 2017
The relocation of refugees in the European Union: Implementation of solidarity and fear
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, October 2017
EU refugee policy in crisis
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, October 2017
Beyond ‘Fortress Europe’: Principles for a humane EU migration policy
Oxfam, October 2017
Models of integration in Europe
Fondation Robert Schuman, October 2017
Integration of immigrants in European labour markets
Centre for European Policy Studies, October 2017
The flexible solidarity
Policy Solutions, Foundation for European Progressive Studies, October 2017
The economic effects of refugee return and policy implications
OCP Policy Center, October 2017
Migrations : l’Europe choisit la sécurité
Confrontations Europe, October 2017
An economic lens on international migration
Center for Strategic and International Studies, October 2017
EU hotspots, relocation and absconded migrants in Italy: How to save Schengen within a failing Dublin system?
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, October 2017
Europe’s flawed thinking on Mediterranean migration
Chatham House, September 2017
‘Better migration management’: A good approach to cooperating with countries of origin and transit?
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, September 2017
Pathways towards legal migration into the EU: Reappraising concepts, trajectories and policies
Centre for European Policy Studies, September 2017
Engaging communities in refugee protection: The potential of private sponsorship in Europe
Migration Policy Institute, September 2017
Still wanted: New approaches to migration for Europe
European Council on Foreign Relations, September 2017
It’s far too early to talk of return for Syrian refugees
Chatham House, August 2017
Migration and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
Overseas Development Institute, July 2017
European public opinion and the EU following the peak of the migration crisis
Notre Europe, July 2017
Mediterranean migrants: Little help on offer for Italy
Centre for European Policy Studies, July 2017
Unchecked migration continues to splinter Europe
Carnegie Europe, July 2017
Read this briefing on ‘Migration‘ on the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.
Visit the European Parliament page on ‘Migration in Europe‘.
