Latest on migration [What Think Tanks are thinking]

Written by Marcin Grajewski.

A fresh surge in irregular migration to the European Union has highlighted the importance of an overhaul of the bloc’s migration rules. The EU institutions are still negotiating the European Commission’s 2020 asylum and migration pact and, specifically, its proposal on asylum and migration management, which would replace the 2013 Dublin Regulation that determines the EU Member State responsible for examining asylum applications.

According to the Commission, addressing this situation requires finalising the reform of the Common European Asylum System, to achieve a more efficient, fair and harmonised framework that is more resistant to future migratory pressures. The new system would ensure international protection to those who need it, and be effective and humane towards those who have to be returned.

This note offers links to recent commentaries, studies and reports from international think tanks on migration issues published in the recent few months.

Russia in exile: Support for Russian political migrants as an instrument to increase European security
Centre for Eastern Studies, November 2023

L’Europe, continent d’immigrations et de mobilités : Présentation des résultats de l’enquête et principaux enseignements
Confrontation Europe, November 2023

The political economy of migration policies in Germany
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, November 2023

Navigating uncertainty: The European Union’s migration policy and the future of temporary protection
Egmont, November 2023

Trouble in paradise: The EU-Africa partnership in a geopolitical context
European Centre for Development Policy Management, November 2023

EU crisis regulation: Securing reforms or constructing a crisis?
European Policy Centre, November 2023

EU-Tunisia like UK-Rwanda? Not quite. But would the New Pact asylum reforms change that?
European Policy Centre, November 2023

The political economy of migration policies
Fondation Européenne d’Etudes Progressistes, November 2023

Drowning, but feminist: Feminist foreign policy in the context of EU migration policies
Heinrich Böll Stiftung, November 2023

Are partnerships with third countries an effective way forward for EU migration management?
Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, November 2023

How Russian migration fuels Armenia’s IT sector growth
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, November 2023

Chronic refugees: A burden on poor countries
Peace Research Institute Oslo, November 2023

Climate migration 101: An explainer
Migration Policy Institute, November 2023

Effective migration policy can only be achieved in partnership
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, November 2023

Migration narratives in political debate and policy-making
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, October 2023

Proposal for a regulation addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum
Centre for European Policy Studies, October 2023

The nexus of human trafficking, democracy, and corruption
Council on Foreign Relations, October 2023

The EU’s approach to climate mobility: Which way forward?
European Policy Centre, October 2023

Communicating on migration
Fondation Européenne d’Etudes Progressistes, November 2023

187.6 km to Europe: From Sfax to Lampedusa and the new ‘migration crisis’ in the Central Mediterranean
Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, October 2023

The multi-level determination of migration processes
Mignex, October 2023

From safe homes to sponsors: Lessons from the Ukraine hosting response for refugee sponsorship programs
Migration Policy Institute, October 2023

Germany’s interior ministry considers random on-site checks on the Polish and Czech borders
Centre for Eastern Studies, September 2023

For an honest migration debate, tackle the myths
Chatham House, September 2023

Door to Tunisia wide open for West Africans, and the EU fails to act
Clingendael, September 2023

What does the regime change in Niger mean for migration cooperation with the EU?
European Centre for Development Policy Management, September 2023

Digitalization and mobility: Artificial Intelligence applied to migration and integration policy
Institut européen de la Méditerranée, September 2023

Reframing EU–Tunisia relations: Democracy, governance, migration
Istituto Affari Internazionali, September 2023

Green reintegration: Supporting returning migrants in climate-affected communities
Migration Policy Institute, September 2023

Migration and alternative responses to dissatisfaction
PRIO Migration Centre, September 2023

Irregular migration from North Africa: Shifting local and regional dynamics
Atlantic Council, August 2023

Can Meloni’s balancing act continue?
Centre for European Reform, August 2023

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