The first article from my Rubicon research project is now published in the Journal of Refugee Studies and can be accessed here. The migration policy, securitization and governance of the asylum landscape has greatly changed in Italy over the past five years. The implementation of the hotspot approach and the European Union relocation programme has characterized two of these significant changes. This article examines how recent (2016–17) Eritrean arrivals in Italy experienced and responded to … [Read more...]
Memorials to people who have died and to those missing during migration: a global project
I am happy to share that I am part of this important new project led by Ann Singelton and funded by the World Universities Network (WUN) Research Development Fund. Migration across the globe has resulted in the deaths or 'missing' status of hundreds of thousands of people. How the impact of loss on such a scale is recognised and understood is a major social challenge; from a baseline appreciation of what this means within the context of our shared humanity, to cognisance of the human impact of … [Read more...]
Contribution to Sage Research Methods Cases
Sage Research Methods Cases are a great resource for learning about different research design methodologies. I have just made a contribution to this series from the Understanding Irregular Migrants Decision Making Factors in Transit Study. The publication can be accessed here. Abstract: The goal of this project was to understand how migrants and other refugees make decisions regarding onward migration, stay, or return in Greece and Turkey. We used a mixed-methods approach of a … [Read more...]
ILO Reintegration Package for Ethiopia and Background Report
Last year (2017), I developed a reintegration package for Ethiopia for the ILO in Addis Ababa with Alexandra Ricard Guay. Both the Reintegration package and the Reintegration Background Report have now been published. ILO has used this reintegration package as a starting point to work with the Government of Ethiopia to develop a "Reintegration Directive" that I hope will be further developed and endorsed in Ethiopia soon. "This reintegration package is expected to serve as a point of … [Read more...]
New Project: Fluctuations in Migration Flows on the Balkans Route
Commissioned by the Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek- en Documentatiecentrum, this project will examine the changes in migration flows to Europe on the Balkans route from 2015-2018. I am excited to lead this project with great partners from Koc University and Erasmus University Rotterdam. This research aims to unpack the changing dynamics of the migration flows on the Western Balkans route including: the policy environment regarding the migration context on the Western Balkans route; the decision … [Read more...]
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