Migration: Latest challenges [What Think Tanks are thinking]

Written by Marcin Grajewski.

The current crisis on the Poland–Belarus border and renewed attempts by migrants to cross the Channel from France to the United Kingdom have put a new spotlight on the dilemma of how the European Union should deal with refugees escaping repression and poverty in countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, and some parts of Africa. In Belarus, authorities have allowed migrants to take flights into the country to purposely transfer them to their borders with the neighbouring EU Member States of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Meanwhile, London and Paris are discussing ways to clamp down on migrants’ attempts to cross the Channel. The Turkish and Mediterranean migration routes from Africa to Italy and Spain also remain active.

This note gathers links to the recent publications and commentaries from many international think tanks on migration in Europe and on debates on how to reform its rules.

Migration crisis on the EU Eastern border: How the EU can protect borders and human rights
European Council on Foreign Relations, November 2021

No quiet on the eastern front: The migration crisis engineered by Belarus
European Council on Foreign Relations, November 2021

When security in Europe conflicts with democracy in Poland
Brookings Institution, November 2021

Britain and France should stand together
Centre for European Reform, November 2021

Poland’s many problems and how to solve them
Centre for European Reform, November 2021

Lukashenka is the problem, not the migrants
Centre for European Reform, November 2021

Lukashenko uses migrants to exploit Europe’s vulnerability
Carnegie Europe, November 2021

Libya’s migrants and crimes against humanity
Brookings Institution, November 2021

Cities and their networks in EU‑Africa migration policy
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, November 2021

The politicization and framing of migration in West Africa: Transition to democracy as a game changer?
Brussels School of Governance, November 2021

Lithuania’s reactions to the escalating migration crisis
Centre for Eastern Studies, November 2021

Support for Lukashenka: Russia’s response to the migration crisis
Centre for Eastern Studies, November 2021

Young people’s priorities on climate migration
Chatham House, November 2021

From debunking to prebunking: How to get ahead of disinformation on migration in the EU
European Foundation for Progressive Studies, November 2021

Migration, borders, and the EU’s capacity to act
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, November 2021

Migration as coercion
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, November 2021

Philanthropy and migration in Europe: What role for foundations?
Institut français des relations internationales, October 2021

Statelessness is a big problem, so let’s revive ‘Nansen’ passports
Friends of Europe, October 2021

Europe’s new walls
Carnegie Europe, October 2021

Philanthropy and migration in Europe: What role for foundations?
French Institute of International Relations, October 2021

Can the new European Pact on Immigration and Asylum respond to the next migration challenges?
Fondation Robert Schuman, October 2021

Back to Geneva: Reinterpreting Asylum in the EU
Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, October 2021

Vital yet vulnerable: Europe’s intra-EU migrant caregivers
European Foundation for Progressive Studies, October 2021

Why Europe must end limbo for Afghans seeking asylum
Chatham House, October 2021

Global migration: Working together
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, October 2021

How we talk about migration: The link between migration narratives, policy, and power
Migration Policy Institute, October 2021

Updating the global refugee regime
Carnegie Europe, September 2021

Bringing border cities into the center of migration governance
German Marshall Fund, September 2021

How half-hearted sanctions put the future of Belarus at risk
European Council on Foreign Relations, September 2021

European added value of EU legal migration policy and law
Centre for European Policy Studies, September 2021

The European Commission’s legislative proposals in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum
Centre for European Policy Studies, September 2021

EU sanctions on Belarus as an effective policy tool
Centre for Social and Economic Research, September 2021

Support for Lukashenka: Russia’s response to the migration crisis
Centre for Eastern Studies, September 2021

‘Diversifying’ social investment: European welfare states and immigrant integration
Migration Policy Institute, September 2021

Healing the gap: Building inclusive public-health and migrant integration systems in Europe
Migration Policy Institute, September 2021

Pushed to the limit? Italian and Spanish lessons from the migration crises
International Centre for Defence and Security, September 2021

The legacy of state socialism on attitudes toward immigration
Zentrum für europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, September 2021

A ‘new’ pact on migration and asylum? The European migration policy path-dependency
Europeum, September 2021

Humanitarians’ migration conundrum
Clingendael, August 2021

Dependent on the ‘kindness of strangers’: Britain’s post-Brexit border reality
European Council on Foreign Relations, August 2021

Europe and asylum: From a protection area to a protected area
Jacques Delors Institut, August 2021

Migration: Portraits from a world that is on the move
Chatham House, August 2021

Grand redesigns: Explainer on the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum
Irish Institute of International and European Affairs, August 2021

Structured approach: How the EU can prepare itself for the next wave of migration
European Council on Foreign Relations, July 2021

A new migration crisis may be brewing
Centre for European Reform, July 2021

Future scenarios for global mobility in the shadow of pandemic
Migration Policy Institute, July 2021

‘When Mayors Make Migration Policy’: The future of city diplomacy
European Policy Centre, June 2021

The women, peace and security agenda in EU border management
Österreichische Institut für internationale Politik, June 2021

Read this briefing on ‘Migration: Latest challenges‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.