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World Universities Network Annual Conference: Cultures in Flux

30 May, 2018 By Katie Kuschminder

  In May I was fortunate to attend the World Universities Network (WUN)  annual conference in Perth as a delegate of Maastricht University for the Understanding Culture Global Challenge group. Reposted from the WUN website is an overview of the event, which discusses my presentation on the results of my NWO Rubicon research project on Eritrean and Nigerian migrants journeys to Europe. Cultures in flux: Migration and cultural dynamics in the past and present WUN’s three-day … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Eritrea, Irregular Migration, Italy, Nigeria, WUN

Afghan Refugee Journeys: Onwards Migration Decision Making in Greece and Turkey

15 January, 2018 By Katie Kuschminder

This article entitled 'Afghan Refugee Journeys: Onwards Migration Decision Making in Greece and Turkey' has just been published in the Journal of Refugee Studies. This article is an output of the 'Understanding Irregular Migrants Decision Making Factors in Transit'. Please see the abstract below and the article is available free here. This article contributes to the lack of research on refugee journeys by examining the factors influencing Afghan refugees’ plans to stay in Greece or Turkey or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: Afghanistan, Irregular Migration, refugee journeys, Refugees

Government Authority on Migration Kosovo Training on Irregular and Transit Migration

16 December, 2017 By Katie Kuschminder

On 14-15 December, I had the pleasure to work with ICMPD and deliver a training on irregular and transit migration to the Government Authority on Migration in Kosovo funded by the Swiss Development Cooperation under the MIMAK Kosovo project. This was a fantastic group, knowledgeable in migration issues and grappling with several challenges in irregular migration of emigrants and return. The training concluded with developing a roadmap for improving irregular migration policy in Kosovo. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Irregular Migration, kosovo, trainings

Book Chapters in ‘A long way to go: Irregular migration patterns, processes, drivers and decision making’

1 December, 2017 By Katie Kuschminder

'A long way to go: Irregular migration patterns, processes, drivers and decision making' Edited by Marie McAuliffe and Khalid Koser has just been published by ANU Press. This is a great collection of papers on irregular migration decision making that were funded under the Australian Government Irregular Migration Research Programme. The book is available as a free download here. I have contributed to two chapters. The first with Khalid Koser entitled '“Assisted voluntary return and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: Irregular Migration, return migration

The role of migration‐specific and migration‐relevant policies in migrant decision‐making in transit

10 May, 2017 By Katie Kuschminder

  In follow-up to the Occasional Paper 'Understanding Irregular Migrants Decision Making Factors in Transit' Khalid Koser and I have just published this working paper that further examines the role of policies in migrants decision making.   Abstract   This paper examines the role of migration-specific and migration-relevant policies in migrant decision-making factors for onwards migration or stay in Greece and Turkey. In this paper we distinguish migration-specific … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: Greece, Irregular Migration, policy, transit, Turkey

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