A guest post by Philip Pollak, alumnus of the 2021-22 MPP cohort Pushbacks, according to The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, ‘entail a variety of state measures aimed at forcing refugees and migrants out of their territory while obstructing access to applicable legal and procedural frameworks. In doing so, States circumvent safeguards governing international protection (including minors), detention or custody, expulsion and the use of force.’ Translated into practice,...
A joint post by Dr. Katie Kuschminder, EUI / UNU-MERIT and Prof. Khalid Koser, UNU-MERIT. — The European Commission has decided to start returning migrants from other European countries back to Greece, lifting a ban on the practice that was put in place in 2011. The decision is influenced by concerns that 13,000 migrants recently disappeared from camps in Northern Greece and may have migrated onwards into Northern Europe. European leaders also want Greece to start returning migrants to Tur...
The war in Syria has forced tens of thousands to flee their homeland, many across the Turkish border. In turn, the EU and Turkey are holding urgent talks to channel these flows. Meanwhile migration looms large on the international agenda, in particular for the UN’s new Sustainable Development Goals and in general for international labour policies. Our researchers focused on all these issues at the Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), held in Istanbul in mid...
Our press review features the latest publications by UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance. Output for November includes eight journal articles, three reports, three working papers and eight PhD dissertations: covering firm innovations in Latin America, the impact of remittances on developing countries, and return migration in Turkey, among many others. Journal Articles ‘Innovation for Economic Performance: the Case of Latin American Firms’ analyses a wide range of innovation indicators to desc...
Our press review features the latest publications by UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance, plus mentions in the media. Output for March includes 11 working papers, one discussion paper and one journal article. Our research spans the globe, covering exports and investments in Turkey, education and development in the Middle East, and rural entrepreneurship in Africa, among many others. Our researchers also featured in the Brussels-based Science|Business and the Dakar-based SudQuotidien. ‘Public ...