This blog post has been initially published by Eurac and re-published here on MPC blog. Twenty countries in the Americas recently adopted a regional agreement on migration and protection that was proposed by the US government. What is this agreement about and why did Latin American governments endorse it? And, could it constitute a migration […]
Introduction At least 37 migrant men died following a collective effort to “crash” the fence separating Morocco from Melilla, one of the two Spanish enclaves in North Africa, on June 24th. The number of casualties is expected to increase, and hundreds of people were reportedly injured. Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez stated that the events […]
Despite the number of refugees more than doubling in the past decade alone, there’s continual celebration of one of the Global Compact on Refugees’ initiatives to resettle one million refugees, cumulatively, over 10 years. Is finding solutions for one million of the world’s more than 20m refugees the best we can do? Responsibility-sharing is viewed […]
A new study carried out at the Migration Policy Centre shows strong support for people displaced by the war in Ukraine and that governments need to show that they have a plan to manage mass displacement otherwise attitudes could change. More than 5 million people have now been displaced by the war in Ukraine. Many […]
Since its launch in 2020, the negotiations concerning the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum have remained largely deadlocked. Member States are struggling to find a common agreement on crucial issues, such as the establishment of fairer procedures for the regulation of migration flows in the EU. Failing to come to terms on a […]
