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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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IOM News: Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 11,169; Deaths: 258. Global Deaths Top 400Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 11,010; Deaths: 255Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 5,932, Deaths: 254
3 February, 2017
IOM reports that 5,932 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017, through 2 February, about 80 percent arriving in Italy and the rest in Greece.
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Irregular Migration and Human Smuggling Networks in Mali
Fransje Molenaar, Thibault van Damme
3 February, 2017
In 2016, an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 migrants transited through Mali on their way to Algeria and Libya.
Irregular migration, Smuggling, Networks -
Irregular Migration via the Central Mediterranean From Emergency Responses to Systemic Solutions
European Commission
2 February, 2017
Between 2011 and 2016, some 630,000 irregular migrants and Refugees reached Italy via the Central Mediterranean.
Irregular migration, Emergency, Humanitarian assistance -
Journeys on hold: how policy influences the migration decisions of Eritreans in Ethiopia
Richard Mallett, Jessica Hagen-Zanker, Nassim Majidi, Clare Cummings
1 February, 2017
This working paper sets out to better understand whether, by providing alternative options, it is possible for policy-makers to prevent or reduce irregular migration from countries- and regions-of-
Irregular migration, Migration policy, Resettlement -
A Blueprint for Despair: Human Rights Impact of the EU-Turkey Deal
Amnesty International
1 February, 2017
On 13 July 2016, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation establishing a union resettlement Framework.
Origin and Transit Countries, Migrants death, Policy, Family, Sea travel, Safety, Safe migration -
The European Border and Coast Guard: Addressing migration and asylum challenges in the Mediterranean?
Sergio Carrera, Steven Blockmans, Jean-Pierre Cassarino, Daniel Gros, Elspeth Guild
1 February, 2017
The humanitarian refugee crisis in Europe of 2015-2016 has revealed several unfinished elements and shortcomings in current EU policies and approaches to migration, asylum and borders, particularly
Policy, Quota, Asylum, Admission, Border management, Human Rights -
Unauthorized immigration and fiscal competition
Subhayu Bandyopadhyaya, Santiago M. Pinto
1 February, 2017
Reflecting upon recent enforcement Policy activism of US states and countries within the EU towards unauthorized workers, we examine the overlap of centralized (federal) and decentralized (state or
Irregular migration, Vertical and horizontal externalities, Border and internal enforcement, Publicly provided local goods -
Beyond the matrix of oppression: Reframing human Smuggling through instersectionality- informed approaches
Gabriella Sanchez
1 February, 2017
What are the challenges and the advantages of using an intersectionality-informed approach in criminological research?
Human Smuggling, intersectionality, Irregular migration, smugglers -
Turkey’s refugees, Syrians and refugees from Turkey: A country of insecurity
Ibrahim Sirkeci
31 January, 2017
Abstract: The European Union (EU) has faced one of its biggest crises with the rise of population inflows through its Eastern and Southern neighbours as well as movements within the Union.
Asylum, Migration, Cooperation, Policy, Politics, Migrant flow -
Mobilities, Politics, and Solidarities
Anitta Kynsilehto
31 January, 2017
Argues that the irregular mobility across the Mediterranean Sea in 2015 was unique; the main reason for unnecessary deaths is the lack of legal avenues to the EU territory; the gradual introduction
Mobility, Policy, Schengen Agreement and Convention, Safety, Migrants death -
Europe's Refugee Crisis, Terrorism, and Islamophobia
Stephen Zunes
31 January, 2017
Normally open borders began restricting access, a strong military presence became visible in train stations, and the issue of asylum-seekers became a major focus of public attention.
Religion, Populism, Politics, Public attitudes, terrorism -
A Tale of Two Cities: Multiple Practices of Bordering and Degrees of ‘Transit’ in and through Turkey
Birgit Glorius, Jeroen Doomernik, Asli Ikizoglu Erensu, Zeynep Kas, li
30 January, 2017
Turkey has been part of an expanding European border regime through the construct of ‘transit’.
Externalization, Transit, Bordering, City/Urban -
Offshore processing of asylum applications: Out of sight, out of mind?
Sergio Carrera, Elspeth Guild
27 January, 2017
The sharing of responsibility for processing asylum applications among EU member states has been a key source of controversy in the 2015-16 European refugee humanitarian crisis.
Policy, Quota, Asylum, Admission, Border management -
Managing illegality at the internal border: Governing through ‘differential inclusion’ in Italy
Giulia Fabini
26 January, 2017
This article interrogates whether a crimigration frame could be used to assess immigration control in Italy.
Undocumented, Irregular migration, Internal borders, Police, differential inclusion -
The integration of immigrants and legal paths to mobility to the EU: Some surprising (and encouraging) facts
Elspeth Guild, Sergio Carrera, Ngo Chun Luk
25 January, 2017
The integration of immigrants is an issue that has been of concern to a large number of EU member states and the European institutions themselves.
Integration, Refugee, Migration trends, Mobility -
EU in the face of migrant crisis: Reasons for ineffective human rights protection
Grigonis, S.
18 January, 2017
Abstract: Despite the fact that EU was acknowledged to ensure human rights protection level equivalent to the one ensured under European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), it is doubtful if the EU
Human Rights, Policy, Protection -
Learning to live with irregular migration: towards a more ambitious debate on the politics of ‘the problem'
Anne McNevin
18 January, 2017
What might be gained by learning to live with ‘the problem’ of irregular Migration, rather than attempting to solve it?
Irregular migration, Refugee, Borders, Citizenship, Migration, Development, Migration and Development, Policy -
Migration Drivers, the EU External Migration Policy and Crisis Management
Fulvio Attina
17 January, 2017
The present paper is a study of the response of the EU institutions and leaders to the inflow of irregular migrants from 2011 to 2016.
Drivers, Migration management, Border management -
IOM News: Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 2,876; Deaths at Sea: 219
17 January, 2017
IOM reports that 2,876 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017, through 15 January, arriving mostly in Greece and Italy, compared with 23,664 through the first 14 days of January, 2016.
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The Mediterranean migration crisis: Border control versus humanitarian approaches
Stefania Panebianco
17 January, 2017
Abstract: The Mediterranean migration crisis entered the political agenda triggering a response, by the several regional actors.
Border management, Migration, Humanitarian assistance, Human Rights
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More than 800 recent papers, reports, articles and opinion pieces on irregular migration in the region.
