This seminar examined how right-wing populist parties influence immigration policy when they are excluded from coalition governments. Adrian Shin argued that right-wing parties have limited direct influence on immigration policy when they are excluded from coalition governments since they cannot influence government policy directly. More details below and on the event page....
As Maastricht University enters Period 4 of the 2015/2016 Academic Year, University College Maastricht (UCM) is offering a new course on migration led by the Migration Studies Group at UNU-MERIT, including Melissa Siegel, Özge Bilgili, Michaella Vanore and myself, Katie Kuschminder as the Course Coordinator and Developer. The course was added to the Bachelor’s options in late 2015, and now has more than 80 students enrolled. Here are three key reasons why it is important to study migration: 1. M...
As of January 2016, coordination responsibilities for the UNU Migration Network were handed over from UNU-GCM in Spain to UNU-MERIT in the Netherlands. Dr. Melissa Siegel of UNU-MERIT is now the day-to-day coordinator of the Migration Network, assisted by Ms. Elaine McGregor, also of UNU-MERIT. Dr. David M. Malone, Rector of the United Nations University and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, noted how “The Network has registered numerous successes in a very short period of tim...
It's nearly 100 years since the ‘Easter Rising’ in Dublin, an armed struggle that would lead to Irish independence after centuries of British rule. For the Irish side of my family, this was not an abstract moment in history. It changed all of our lives and all of our destinies; it meant new homes, new loyalties, new opportunities, but also great loss. Put simply, my Irish ancestors lived through the kind of violence and displacement endured by millions of people across the Middle East today....
Does citizenship acquisition have a positive effect on the socio-economic integration of immigrants? Empirical support for this so-called citizenship premium is ambiguous, but there is little development of theory that explains why some migrants in certain countries seem to benefit from citizenship, while others do not. See below or click here for more details....
Postdoctoral researcher Dr. Katie Kuschminder has won a ‘Rubicon’ grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Kuschminder will now spend two years at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, close to Florence in Italy. Research Kuschminder will conduct research on Nigerian and Syrian migrants arriving in Europe via Italy. ...
Rethinking Forced Migration & Displacement: Theory, Policy & Praxis International Association for the Study of Forced Migration International Conference 2016 Poznan, Poland / 12-15 July 2016 Return migration is a powerful symbol, as it aims to signal a return to ‘normalcy’ and ‘reintegration’ as a durable solution to (forced) migration. Investigating such an assumption is key to have a better understanding of the reintegration processes and informing policy and programming responses. How...
In honour of International Migrants Day on 18 December, the UNU Migration Network has released the following very compelling statement highlighting some of the most important migration concerns that must be addressed by future policies. The events of 2015 have brought unprecedented media and political attention to migration. With the rise of migration across the world and the difficulties that governments encounter in integrating migrants successfully and guaranteeing them dignity, a parallel, u...
This lecture provided insights from a combination of science and practical experiences on the potential power of female entrepreneurs. Prof. Josette Dijkhuizen discussed the results of a recent European study on women in social enterprises as well as her experiences of working with women entrepreneurs in the Netherlands and potential female entrepreneurs in refugee camps in Lebanon....