I am very happy to share that my article "Security for Whom and How? Migrants’ Felt and Embodied (In)Securityscape on the Atlantic Route" has been published in #Geopolitics. It is one very close to my 🧡, based on my fieldwork in the Canary Islands.
✨Open-access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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1/2 This September, the Transnational Chain of Actions begins, remembering 2015’s historic summer of migration. Join our online conference on 04.09. at 17:00 that kicks off this chain and where you can get an overview of all planned actions! #TransnationalActions
🚨New wiki entry on #Morocco: detailed overview of the historical, economic and political context of migration, border geographies, the lives of migrants in the country, and the EU's externalisation policy since 1993.
🔎 Available at: migration-control.info/en/wiki/moro...
I have been working on building this database of crimes of solidarity&humanitarianism for a few years. It's a resource for research and legal cases and activists -to get an overall sense of patterns across different locations. If you would like to help please get in touch www.crimesofsolidarity.org
🚨 The 6th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now! 🚨
Including:
• Analyses on EU impunity in Libya & billions to Egypt
• Civil society statements on Ceuta, Libya & more
• 32 leaked docs on deportation, detention & “safe third countries”
Read it now: migration-control.info/en/blog/bull...
1/ 🚨 Since autumn 2024 refugees have been protesting the serious deterioration in living conditions in the #UNHCR camp in #Agedez (Niger), the chain deportation practices and lack of lasting and dignified solutions.
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Tomorrow is the Transnational Day of Action against the EU Pact on Migration.
Protests are planned in multiple cities.
But here are also some ways to can get involved remotely.
bsky.app/profile/abol...
"Over 100 killed today in #Gaza. Mostly at 2 schools in eastern Gaza city. And it’s not even 18h."
Und die Welt schaut zu und erklärt und kritisiert und rechtfertigt und verurteilt und beschwichtigt und ist besorgt und versteht und ist traurig und das Töten geht weiter.
Vielleicht wäre es an der Zeit, den Verweis auf "die Umfragen", die angeblich zeigen, dass "die Menschen einfach keine Migration mehr wollen", zu überdenken. Research Paper by Martin Ruhs et al. @mpc-eui.bsky.social
cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/...
1/ Last week, we published Arabic/ French translations of our #Externalisation Bulletin, Issue 04.
🔎Externalisation's most harmful effects play out in the states beyond Europe's border, yet civil society in these states is often denied #access to EU policy information.
🥵😵💫🤯Losing oversight on what is happening in the world in regard to #borders #mobility and #externalisation? 🛃🧱
🔥Keep up-to-date w/ our #MonthlyPressReview. The #February edition has just been published.🔥
Find it on our blog ➡️migration-control.info/en/blog/monthly-review-f...
A wide country road in the city of Jinka, Nations, Ethiopia, Africa, with a few people walking along it. | Photocredits: Adobe Stock / JUAN CARLOS MUNOZ
At the next DEMIG Online Talk on March 27, 2-3 pm CET, Fekadu Adugna Tufa, Professor of Social Anthropology in Addis Ababa, will discuss the diverse conditions of im/mobility that Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia are confronted with. Please join the event via this link donau-uni.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
At least 8,938 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2024, making it the deadliest year on record, according to new data collected by @iom.int www.iom.int/news/2024-de...
"Short-sighted enforcement won’t stop irregular migration — it shifts routes, increases risks, fuels smuggling, and weakens Europe’s negotiating power."- OpEd by MMC Europe Roberto Forin, based on findings from our latest report on migration and smuggling to the EU & UK
A close-up of the conference booklet
Our colleagues at the registration desk
The keynote speech by sociologist Caroline Wanjiku Kihato 'Leaning into Uncertainty: The Epistemology and Ontology of Irregular Migration '
3 participants at the reception
The #IMISCOE2025 spring conference at the @unikrems.bsky.social is in full swing, with 26 panels, 3 keynotes & 2 roundtables on the topic of irregular migration. The booklet is available here donau-uni.ac.at/dam/jcr:1fe8...
Tmrw is the final day, we hope to see many of you there, in person or online
@demigkrems.bsky.social
🌍 Which factors drive international migration aspirations vs. actual out-migration? In a new CMS article, Mathias Czaika and I explore different conjunctions of migration #drivers and #policies using #QCA and #MIGNEX data across 26 communities in 10 countries. 💫 Open access here: shorturl.at/li258
#Fluchtforschung gegen #Mythen
Migrationspolitische Debatten in Deutschland sind von zunehmend drastischeren Forderungen geprägt.
9 Wissenschaftler*innen klären Mythen u.a. zu Pullfaktoren, Vollzugsdefizit, Ausreisepflicht, GEAS, Illegalität, Flucht stoppen auf.
fluchtforschung.net/blogbeitraeg...
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We are a transnational collective building information on externalized #EU migration & border control.
Find our #Wikis #Analysis and #PressReviews on our website ➡️ www.migration-control.info
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Forsa hat nach den wichtigsten Wahlkampfthemen gefragt. Ergebnis:
1. Schutz der Demokratie/ Bekämpfung des Rechtsextremismus (62 %)
2. Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung (55 %)
3. Kriminalität/innere Sicherheit (49 %)
4. Äußere Sicherheit (44 %)
5. Zuwanderung/Geflüchtete (36 %)
(Forsa, 30./31.1.25)
As has been the case for 20 years, migration 'crisis' in the Canary Islands hardens borders in transit countries like Mauritania. The government is planning an 'electronic ring' around the capital Nouakchott against unauthorized migration.
Eine eindringliche Warnung aus der Wissenschaft! Die deutsche Migrationsforschung hat sich zusammengeschlossen und warnt: „Politische Entscheidungen müssen sich an wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen orientieren, nicht an ideologischen Annahmen ... 1/2
Hello! Blue skies in Vienna and a blue mood because of blue politics (in AT and GER) seems like a good day to join bluesky! Looking forward to connect (again) ☀️