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PRESS RELEASE: The “Hotspot” approach is NOT the solution!

The EC-funded international research project “RESPOND: Multilevel Governance of Mass Migration in Europe and Beyond” calls for human-rights responses to the explosive situation at the refugee camp “Moria” and in the Aegean region.

After another fire in which a woman was burnt to death, on Sunday 29 September 2019, the inhuman and volatile situation of the “hot-spot” Moria on the Greek island, Lesbos attracted further worldwide publicity. The woman’s death on Sunday was the third in the last two months.

An Intern’s Perspective

by Rebecca Emrick | UPPSALA University

Upon starting the Euroculture program in the Fall 2017, I was always certain that I wanted to complete an internship for my third semester of studies. It wasn’t until I started to explore different research projects, particularly at Uppsala University, that I realized how relevant the RESPOND project was not only to my studies, but also my interests.

SwedenRESPOND Horizon2020May 2, 2019An Intern's Perspective, Uppsala Univercity, Spotlight on RESPONDERSComment

Rounding up the first roundtable discussions in Sweden

A vital part of the data collection and analyses of RESPOND’s country reports is to meet with relevant local and national meso level stakeholders from various fields of practises. This, in order to conduct quality assurance of the analyses, conclusions and policy recommendations in the reports.

Sweden, MGNRESPOND Horizon2020March 18, 2019Comment

First Spring Popular Seminar with the Swedish Church – Uppsala University RESPOND

On 31 January 2019, our RESPOND team at Uppsala University hosted its first popular seminar of the Spring semester with about 20 participants.

Sweden, MGNRESPOND Horizon2020February 15, 2019Comment

An Intern's Perspective - Jonas Begemann

“When I moved to Uppsala about one year ago, I could not foresee that my studies would turn towards migration studies soon and that I would be involved in a project of the size of RESPOND…”

SwedenRESPOND Horizon2020January 23, 2019Spotlight on RESPONDERSComment

RESPONDing Migration: Common trends in Migration Governance in Europe and Beyond

The 2015 Refugee crisis has been one of the most critical challenges the European Union has faced in the past decades. The crisis has revealed a number of criticalities, both at the level of the EU and at the level of member states, which determined severe deficiencies in the migration governance system…