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The database contains links to existing academic and non-academic research and analysis, as well as data sources related to irregular migration to Europe. You can search the database using your own search terms, or filter the results by relevant country, region, date of publication, etc. using the drop-down menus on the left. Authors of relevant research and analysis are invited to submit their own content for review and inclusion by email to: gmdac@iom.int
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"You are welcome in Portugal”: Conviction and convenience in framing today’s Portuguese politics on European burden sharing of refugees
Costa Paulo Manuel, Sousa Lúcio
1 January, 2017
Historically-speaking, Portugal is a country that has received a very small number of applications from asylum seekers and resettled refugees.
Policy, Humanitarian assistance, Human Rights, Politics -
Immigrants and the Informal Economy in Southern Europe
Joaquin Arango, Martin Baldwin-Edwards
11 June, 2014
Illegal immigrants constitute a major issue in southern European countries.
Irregular migration, Clandestine, Work, Labour migration, Immigration control -
Health care for irregular migrants: pragmatism across Europe. A qualitative study
Marie Dauvrin, Vincent Lorant, Sima Sandhu, Walter Devillé, Hamidou Dia, Sónia Dias, Andrea Gaddini, Elisabeth Ioannidis, Natasja K Jensen, Ulrike Kluge, Ritva Mertaniemi, Rosa Puigpinós i Riera, Attila Sárváry, Christa Straßmayr, Mindaugas Stankunas, Joaquim JF Soares, Marta Welbel, Stefan Priebe
16 February, 2012
Health services in Europe face the challenge of delivering care to a heterogeneous group of irregular migrants (IM).
Irregular migration, Qualitative method, Healthcare, Accessibility -
Semi-Reluctant Hosts: Southern Europe's ambivalent response to immigration
M. Baldwin-Edwards
The human tragedy of migration has become a regular feature of those southern European countries with accessible coastlines (Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus), inhospitable illegal border c
Migrants death, Policy, Asylum, Economy, Xenophobia, Integration -
Europe at their feet? Free circulation, economic crisis and exit strategies of recent Portuguese emigrants to the European Union
Candeias, Pedro; Peixoto, João
Abstract: One of the rationales of the free circulation of people within the European Union (EU) is the enabling of a larger and more efficient labour market, where workers can move according to e
Push-pull factors, Integration, Drivers, Country links -
Eldorado or Fortress? Migration in Southern Europe
C. Tsardanidis, G. Lazaridis, R. King
Chapters include: Southern Europe in the Changing Global Map of Migration; The Participation of Immigrants in the Underground Economy in Italy; Migration and Unregistered Labour in the Greek Econom
Economy, Migration trends
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Research & Analysis
More than 800 recent papers, reports, articles and opinion pieces on irregular migration in the region.