Latest on migration [What Think Tanks are thinking]

Written by Marcin Grajewski.

Russia’s war on Ukraine and its entire population has generated a historic outflow of people, largely women and children, fleeing the hostilities. About five million refugees from Ukraine have been recorded across the EU and other countries, triggering a refugee and humanitarian crisis at a scale unseen in Europe since World War II. A recent study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development suggests that EU policies focus on giving refugees quick access to support for integration and further building their skills without hampering a possible return to Ukraine once the situation allows.

The EU is debating an overhaul of its migration rules to make them fairer for Member States that receive high number of migrants due to their geographical location. The number of refugees using the Mediterranean and Western Balkan routes to seek to enter the EU has also been on the rise.

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.

Population displacements in the Ukraine War: The challenge of first humanitarian assistance
Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Studies, December 2022

La mobilisation citoyenne et l’hébergement des personnes exilées: Vers un nouveau modèle d’accueil?
Institut français des relations internationales, December 2022

Russia hopes a winter wave of Ukrainian refugees will divide Europe
Atlantic Council, November 2022

Is migration Europe’s Achilles heel?
Carnegie Europe, November 2022

Anti-migration cooperation between Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade
Centre for Eastern Studies, November 2022

Europe’s migration problems are back
Centre for European Reform, November 2022

Gender, displacement, and climate change
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, November 2022

Protecting Eden, or the dark new geopolitics of ‘Fortress Europe’
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, November 2022

Re-thinking approaches to labour migration: Potentials and gaps in four EU member states’ migration infrastructures
European Centre for Development Policy Management, November 2022

Disinformation on refugees from Ukraine: Boosting Europe’s resilience after Russia’s invasion
European Policy Centre, November 2022

Automating decision-making in migration policy: A navigation guide
German Marshall Fund, November 2022

Conditioning or cutting aid is not effective against irregular migration
German Marshall Fund, November 2022

Financing responses to climate migration: The unique role of multilateral development banks
Migration Policy Institute, November 2022

Reassessing recruitment costs in a changing world of labor migration
Migration Policy Institute, November 2022

Migration Update November 2022
Wilfried Martens Centre, November 2022

Central Europe facing a new wave of migration from the Balkans
Centre for Eastern Studies, October 2022

Enabling migration as adaptation
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, October 2022

Attracting and retaining talents in the EU: What role can the EU play in ensuring a sustainable and competitive ecosystem for labour migration?
Egmont, October 2022

Keeping a cool head: How to improve the EU migration crisis response
European Policy Centre, October 2022

Refugee protection in the EU: Building resilience to geopolitical conflict
European Policy Centre, October 2022

More connected, less protected? How the EU interoperability framework will affect the European migration space
German Marshall Fund, October 2022

Promoting evidence-informed immigrant integration policymaking
Migration Policy Institute, October 2022

Rebooting the asylum system? The role of digital tools in international protection
Migration Policy Institute, October 2022

Spain’s decentralized immigration system allows local integration policies to lead the way
Migration Policy Institute, October 2022

Amidst refugee flows, irregular migration, and authoritarianism: The politics of citizenship in Turkey
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, October 2022

The economic impact of a more efficient US-Mexico border: How reducing wait times at land ports of entry would promote commerce, resilience, and job creation
Atlantic Council, September 2022

The ‘instrumentalisation’ of migration
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, September 2022

Long-term protection in Europe needed for Ukrainian refugees
Clingendael, September 2022

Italy’s far-right and the migration debate: Implications for Europe
Istituto Affari Internazionali, September 2022

Ukrainian refugees at the border: The first experience of communication
Razumkov Centre, September 2022

Migration restrictions in the West: Some ethical concerns
Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Studies, August 2022

Explaining immigration restrictions using a sequential path dependency model
Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Studies, August 2022

Developments along the route: The role of transit countries in shaping mixed-migration flows to Europe
Centre for European Policy Studies, July 2022

How EU asylum policy created a refugee prison in paradise
Chatham House, July 2022

Atypical work and the social protection of migrants in Europe
Foundation for European Progressive Studies, July 2022

The missing link: Connecting eligible asylees and asylum seekers with benefits and services
Migration Policy Institute, July 2022

Neue Entwicklungen in der Governance globaler Migration: Nachlese zum ersten International Migration Review Forum
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, July 2023

Read this briefing on ‘Latest on migration‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.