European Governments are increasingly turning to bilateral migration agreements instead of depending on multilateral and national pathways. As UN-led efforts lose their grip, these deals give states a way to tighten control and manage migration through carefully chosen partnerships with countries of origin. They may seem efficient, but they risk ...
+ Read moreAfter the Assad regime fell in December 2024, several European governments swiftly announced they would suspend asylum processing for Syrians. Yet, the pressure for refugee returns had existed well before the regime’s fall. In Jordan, local NGOs highlight ongoing concerns about who is responsible for ensuring that refugee returns are ...
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Since the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive, persons displaced from Ukraine have been granted generous rights, including the right to be employed. However, some Member States have imposed a work permit requirement on temporary protection beneficiaries, despite concerns that such measures contribute to increasing precarity among migrant workers. Requiring
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Due to a lack of professional recognition and an often precarious legal status, migrant domestic workers were especially impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Many faced job losses and financial hardships almost overnight. Moreover, support measures were not adapted to their needs and reinforced the longstanding failure to acknowledge the work
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The COVID-19 pandemic hit undocumented migrant workers, a population already living in precarious and particularly hard circumstances. Often overlooked and misunderstood, their lives remain largely invisible with limited data available to illustrate their struggles, especially in times of crisis. In Geneva, Switzerland, many grappled to cope with losing their jobs,
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