Engaging Business to Maximize the Benefits of Migration
While significant progress has been made in consulting civil society in national, regional, and global migration policy debates, it has proved hard to engage the business sector. This is to the...
View ArticleSwiss Pass the Referendum “Stop Mass Immigration”
After a bitterly contested campaign a small majority of 50.3 percent of Swiss voters have passed the referendum “Stop Mass Immigration” reintroducing quotas on immigration from EU countries. This vote...
View ArticleMigration, Security and Development: Understanding the Linkages
Migration, security, and development are inextricably linked. Understanding these linkages is important to correct public misperceptions as well as promote more effective policies; but they have...
View ArticleOvercoming the Risks of Securitizing Migration
International migration is increasingly being viewed through the prism of national security. Linking migration and security is not new – overseas nationals were interned in the UK and the USA during...
View ArticleCapacity Building for Border Control: The Tension between Security and...
Over the past decades, following the creation of the Schengen area, the European Union has redefined its border control policies towards third countries with the stated objective of improving security...
View Article5 steps to a more informed debate on migration
In observance of the International Migrants Day, Dec 18
View ArticleWhen do irregular migrants go home?
The return of irregular migrants, including unsuccessful asylum seekers, is a fundamental aspect of any immigration policy. It removes people who have no right to remain thus reinforcing credibility;...
View ArticleMigration as a solution to violent extremism
In observance of International Migrants’ Day, December 18th There has been a renewed focus on the intersections between migration and security during 2015, in particular in the context of growing...
View ArticleMigration and Violent Extremism in Contemporary Europe
There is rising concern in Europe that massive flows of refugees and migrants from Syria may be infiltrated by terrorist groups such as Da’esh. In recent months President Milos Zeman of the Czech...
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