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Women and Migration Page Launch

7 November, 2021 By Katie Kuschminder

  We are delighted to have launched the Women and Migration website, a collaborative storytelling project about the journeys migrant women take, and what happens once they reach their destination. We have collected testimonies from more than 100 women worldwide to shed light on how gender affects migration, and to highlight the resilience of those who seek a new life far from home. Take our quiz and test your knowledge about women and migration! Read our eight different case studies … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Article Tagged With: gender, Migration, Refugees, transit, women

Decision Making on the Balkan Route and the EU Turkey Statement

27 November, 2019 By Katie Kuschminder

Over the past year I have led a study with colleagues from Maastricht, Koc University, and Rotterdam on the influences of the EU Turkey Statement on refugees and other migrants decision making in Turkey and along the Balkans Route to Europe. This project was commissioned by the Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek- en Documentatiecentrum (Research and Documentation Centre) of the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security. I am please that the report is now available. Summary In 2015, there were higher … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Article Tagged With: Netherlands, Refugees, Turkey

Paving the Path of Human Rights: Synergies between International Criminal Law and UN Agenda 2030

10 May, 2019 By Katie Kuschminder

On 3-4 May I had the privilege to attend the Nuremberg International Principles Academy conference in Historic Courthouse 200 to speak on Protection of Refugees and Migrants Vulnerabilities. This was an interesting discussion regarding the challenges refugees and other migrants face today and the questions of accountability and justice for refugees and other migrants. How do we create accountability for refugees? A suggestion was given from Dr. Bertrand Ramcharan, Former Acting United Nations … [Read more...]

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EASO Scenario analysis: The future of international protection in the EU+ by 2030

16 March, 2019 By Katie Kuschminder

In February I participated as an invited expert in EASO's Scenario analysis: The future of international protection in the EU+ by 2030 led by ZPunkt. In my group we discussed issues of global order, emerging actors in the global economy, and migration management. My core take-away from this event was the importance of multilateralism and continued international cooperation for the protection of refugees and other migrants. If global power dynamics were to radically shift it would be possible … [Read more...]

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New Article: The Multi-level Governance of Asylum in Italy: Understanding Eritreans Secondary Movements in Search of Relocation within Italy

22 February, 2019 By Katie Kuschminder

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...]

Filed Under: Blog Article Tagged With: asylum, Italy, Refugees, relocation

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Katie Kuschminder (PhD) is a Senior Researcher at the University of Amsterdam... Read More…

Recent Posts

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