Migrations
Kosovo, dreaming of a life abroad
Friday 11 January 2019 |
Majlinda Aliu | OBC Transeuropa
Although Kosovo is still on the "black list" of Schengen, many of its citizens dream of a future abroad. Among the most qualified professional categories, such as doctors, we can already speak of brain drain.
When Europeans seek asylum
in depth
Wednesday 22 August 2018 |
Lorenzo Ferrari | OBC Transeuropa
Every year, almost 100,000 Europeans seek asylum in EU countries, and the number of applications continues to grow. Yet this is a phenomenon which remains at the margins of the debate on asylum – and that on EU enlargement.
There’s an urgent need for foreign labour in Croatia
Friday 18 January 2019 |
Francesca Rolandi | OBC Transeuropa
Fewer births, greater life expectancy, emigration. These are some of the ingredients adding up to local labour shortages - now a major problem in many Eastern European countries.
Go East: home is where joy is
in depth
Wednesday 25 October 2017 |
Lidija Pisker | OBC Transeuropa
More and more professionals from the Western Balkans choose to seek a better life by going east – opting for countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland
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.
Are migrants trying to get to Europe en masse?
Saturday 09 November 2019 |
Xavier Molénat Céline Mouzon
| Alternatives Economiques
Compared to 2015, the number of asylum applicants in EU countries dropped by half in 2018. Europe is far from being the first refuge for forcibly displaced persons: 80% of them are hosted in countries of the Global South.
Immigration: Every man for himself, and borders for all
Tuesday 30 April 2019 |
Yann Mens | Alternatives Economiques
Europe facing the refugee crisis.
A multi-speed solidarity
in depth
Monday 11 September 2017 |
Yann Mens | Alternatives Economiques
Two years ago the European Union signed agreements on the sharing of migrants to provide relief for Italy and Greece, but few results can be noticed
International Migration Outlook (OECD)
Monday 09 December 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques Migration flows continue to be a subject of debate around the world. Population movements come with very different causes, histories and origins.
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.
