31.01.2024 , in ((Climate-Induced Migration))
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Sargam Goundar
Pacific Island countries have globally been at the forefront of research, media, and policy discussions on climate mobility. These island nations have been predominantly categorized as “climate migrant-sending countries” – particularly so in Europe, where media and Western scholarship have painted an overly simplistic picture in which “all Pacific Islands
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24.01.2024 , in ((Gestion migratoire))
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Eline Waerp
In 2015, more than a million refugees and migrants came to Europe during the so-called ‘migration crisis.’ This prompted a host of security-oriented responses to protect the EU’s external borders, spearheaded by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex). While the number of irregular border crossings has decreased substantially
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17.01.2024 , in ((Gestion migratoire))
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Anna Marino
Last summer, the Southern Mediterranean coast – and the Italian island of Lampedusa – gained significant media attention due to the arrival of numerous migrants on its shores. The Mediterranean Sea, seen as one of the most dangerous in the world, and Lampedusa are now recognized as Europe’s primary borders
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21.12.2023 , in ((Towards a Novel Mobility Regime))
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Eloise Thompson
This blog takes a closer look at the category of key workers as a method to govern mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic. This category revealed and emphasized the ways in which mobility intersects with inequalities. Yet, while these inequalities were made visible at an extraordinary time, the pandemic was not
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19.12.2023 , in ((Towards a Novel Mobility Regime))
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Jaafar Alloul
During the FIFA 2022 World Cup, Qatar devised several ad hoc migration policies to dramatically curb the total number of visitors in favor of a preferred type of soccer fan: well-off and depoliticized. Profiting from a global state of exception during the COVID-19 pandemic, Doha further refined its mobility regime
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