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Governance of Migration in and through Crisis: A Comparative Report on RESPOND Research

Zeynep Sahin-Mencütek | Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul - Soner Barthoma | Uppsala University - N. Ela Gökalp-Aras | Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul

Based on the meta-analysis of thematic country and comparative reports produced in the EU Horizon 2020 RESPOND project, this report seeks to revisit multilevel governance as a theoretical framework in comparative migration research. Focusing on the period of 2011-2018 where the governance of migration has been very much affected by the ‘crisis’ climax, we question the adaptability of multilevel governance in describing main patterns in…

Consequences & Responses, Comparative ReportRESPOND Horizon2020March 11, 2021Turkey, Uppsala University, Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, SwedenComment

Syrians in Turkey – Experiences of migration and integration through a survey study

Barbara Jancewicz | University of Warsaw

This report focuses on experiences, situation, integration and attitudes of Syrian forced migrants in Turkey in 2019. It describes results RESPOND’s quantitative study of adult migrants from the Syrian Arab Republic who have left their country of origin in 2011 or later, and have sought protection in Turkey no later than 2017. The 789 interviews were conducted in four Turkish cities: Istanbul (234 interviews), Şanliurfa (205 interviews), Izmir (199 interviews) and…

Consequences & ResponsesRESPOND Horizon2020February 18, 2021University of Warsaw, TurkeyComment

Communicating with Unaccompanied Foreign Minors: How UN agencies engage with newly arrived migrant and refugee children in Italy

Valentina Baú | University of New South Wales

This paper provides an overview of the communication practices that UN agencies working on the migration response in Italy have adopted in their work with newly arrived unaccompanied migrant children. These include IOM, UNICEF and UNHCR. The aim is to present the different objectives and methodologies of each agency’s intervention under an overall framework.

Consequences & ResponsesRESPOND Horizon2020November 6, 2020Italy, University of New South WalesComment

Border Experiences and Practices of Refugees - Comparative Report

Sabine Hess - Göttingen University | Vasileios Petrogiannis - Uppsala University

This report analyzes how refugees are impacted by border-management policies and migration controls, and how they experience these policies and respond to them. It is based on 507 interviews with refugee migrants who made their way to Lebanon, Turkey, as well as a number of European countries between 2013 and 2018, being conducted by the eleven national Respond Teams. The empirical data not only allows us to reconstruct the effects of the existing border regimes on the lives of those who are their main object and target; we also outline how this analytical perspective on the practices and experiences of refugee migrants also enriches our understanding of what a “border” is today, and how it has been practiced by the respective nation-states in recent years.

Consequences & ResponsesRESPOND Horizon2020September 1, 2020Göttingen University, Germany, Uppsala University, SwedenComment

Following the refugee relocation scheme: Ideological interpretations of interstate shared responsibility in Romania

Raluca Bejan | Dalhousie University

The number of irregular migrant entries within the European Union (EU) increased by 546% in 2015. Sea arrivals totaled 1,015,078 in 2015, 362,753 in 2016, and 172,301 in 2017. No policy has adequately addressed this humanitarian crisis, partially because of the deep ideological divisions within the EU regarding the implementation of the 2015 refugee relocation scheme.

Consequences & ResponsesRESPOND Horizon2020August 7, 2020Dalhousie University, RomaniaComment

Fundamental Rights, Accountability and Transparency in European Governance of Migration: The Case of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex

Lena Karamanidou - Glasgow Caledonian University | Bernd Kasparek - Göttingen University

This report analyses and interrogates the accountability and transparency regime of the European Union’s border agency Frontex. Frontex was established as a European Union agency in the field of border, migration and asylum policies in 2004 and began operating in 2005. Over the last 15 years, the mandate of the agency, originally tasked with coordinating the operational management of the European Union’s external border through support to the EU’s member states, has expanded significantly.

Consequences & ResponsesRESPOND Horizon2020July 31, 2020Glasgow Caledonian University, UK, Göttingen University, GermanyComment

Between Tokenism and Self-Representation: Refugee-Led Advocacy and Inclusion in International Refugee Policy

Haqqi Bahram | Linköping University

There have been increasing efforts at the international level to make migrants and refugees’ participation and inclusion in policy more meaningful. Yet, little is known on their perspectives about these possibilities and the outcomes of these efforts. Drawing on the case of one refugee-led initiative, the Network for Refugee Voice (NRV), in attending the drafting process of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR), this paper describes the refugee-led advocacy approach to attaining meaningful participation and representation on high policy platforms, including the United Nations organizations.

Consequences & ResponsesRESPOND Horizon2020July 30, 2020Linköping University, SwedenComment

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