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RESPOND is approaching its final leg. In the past three years, we have studied migration governance, practices and experiences in 11 countries and conducted interviews with more than 535 refugees and 220 stakeholders. In addition, we completed a survey study in Turkey and Sweden with more than 1,600 Syrian refugees. Based on this empirical research, the project partners have produced a total of more than 70 thematic country and comparative reports. Three years ago, when we started this project, our point of departure was to study migration from a holistic perspective at macro, meso and micro levels. This enabled us to understand the connections between policies, practices and experiences along the migration journey of individuals. Today, we are glad to see that this approach worked well and has resulted in a very productive research project with a large impact component. The project will continue in so many ways in the years to come: via established Migration Governance Networks and Advice Hubs; through policy briefs that will inform government officials and the EU in the future; as a freely available dataset held at Uppsala University and in the form of numerous forthcoming publications. Our final newsletter is dedicated to our final project conference, Governing Migration in Europe and Beyond: New Perspectives and Lessons
Learned.” The conference took place online on 20-21 November, 2021. It was structured along 4 panels and a keynote presentation; enriched with break rooms where panel discussions continued in a different format and with our digital art exhibition, “Displaced Bodies & Hearts.” We were very pleased with the participation,
academic exchange and discussion level during the conference. Some of the
conference sessions were recorded and are available on our website. In this
newsletter, we include blog articles written about the conference panels,
country posters summarizing the key findings in 11 countries where the project
team members conducted research and a press release which was issued on the day
of the conference.
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