Migrations
The problem with refugee camps in Greece
in depth
Friday 27 December 2019 |
Eleni Stamatoukou | OBC Transeuropa
While it may seem that the refugee-migration crisis is over, more than 100,000 migrants and refugees are still present in Greece. Many of them live in refugee camps, which are not appropriate accommodation solutions because of their location in faraway, poorly connected areas.
EU states fell short on sharing refugees, say auditors
Friday 22 November 2019 |
Nikolaj Nielsen | EUobserver
A mandatory 2015 scheme to dispatch people seeking international protection from Greece and Italy across the European Union did not deliver promised results, say EU auditors.
The migrant emergency and Ventimiglia
Monday 23 December 2019 |
Ornaldo Gjergji | OBC Transeuropa
Ventimiglia has become a symbol of all the contradictions that migration towards the European Union has brought to light. Through an analysis of local media, an overview of the situation.
Thousands of children go missing in Europe every year
in depth
Friday 13 December 2019 |
Laszlo Arato | EUrologus
Various forms of abuse, violence, neglect, family disputes, and poverty all account for the over one thousand children going missing every year in Europe. A new development is the increasing number of who disappear down migration paths. There is no precise data available, but one NGO, Missing Children Europe 2014, has collected and compiled the available figures from European countries’ designated hotlines.
How the Greek policy on migration is changing
Friday 27 December 2019 |
Eleni Stamatoukou | OBC Transeuropa
Greece has a new center-right government since summer 2019. Its approach to migration differs sharply from its predecessor’s, as more controls and constraints are imposed on asylum seekers. The government claims that the system will become more efficient, but some organisations are unconvinced.
Child migration is on the rise in the EU
Monday 23 December 2019 |
Laszlo Arato | EUrologus
The number of individuals under 19 living in EU member states other than their place of birth has risen by nearly half a million in the past five years. Overall, they account for 7 per cent of all minors in the EU: most of them come Asia and the Middle East, but inter-EU migrations are also strong.
The new Greek migration policy
Tuesday 17 December 2019 |
Eleni Stamatoukou | OBC Transeuropa
Last month the newly elected Greek government of ‘New Democracy’ passed a new asylum law that will speed up the asylum process in Greece.
Mediterranean refugees: death risk rising, asylum prospects sinking
in depth
Saturday 07 September 2019 |
Ralph Janik | Addendum
In 2016 3230 people lost their lives attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe. Since then the number of deaths has dropped – but the crossing is becoming ever more dangerous.
Cross-border mobility (Global Mobilities Project)
Thursday 11 July 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques The Global Transnational Mobility Dataset traces more than 15 billion cross-border estimated trips. It is developed by the European Commission and the European University Institute and it comes in the form of an interactive map.
The wave of unauthorized immigrants came and ended already three years ago
Tuesday 03 December 2019 |
Emanuela Barbiroglio | VoxEurop
Unauthorized immigrants living in European countries reached a peak in 2016 and have been decreasing since then.
