Migrations
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.
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.
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.
