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...]
Deciding Which Road to Take: Insights into How Migrants and Refugees in Greece Plan Onward Movement- MPI Issue Brief
In 2015, faced with a mounting humanitarian crisis on its borders, the European Union introduced a plan to relocate some asylum seekers from overburdened Greece and Italy to other EU countries. Yet Member States’ reluctance to make concrete relocation pledges and asylum seekers’ resistance to being moved to destinations they viewed as less desirable meant that a year on, far fewer had been relocated than was originally envisioned. As EU policymakers debate new proposals to deal with future … [Read more...]
The role of migration‐specific and migration‐relevant policies in migrant decision‐making in transit
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...]
Book Chapter Released in Adjusting to a World in Motion: Trends in Global Migration and Migration Policy Edited by Douglas J. Besharov and Mark H. Lopez
Metka Hercog and my book chapter "Diaspora Engagement Policies and the Power of the Strong State: India and Ethiopia" is now available in this edited collection. Here is an abstract of our Chapter: Migrant-sending countries are increasingly exploring schemes where the human capital of expatriates can be used for the benefit of the home country’s socioeconomic development. This paper focuses on the mechanisms of emigration management and problematizes government involvement in … [Read more...]
The Broker Living Analysis- Lack of shared responsibility turns Turkey into gateway instead of safe stay
The Broker is a think net on globalization and development that synthesized and analyzes knowledge and information. They have just conducted a living analysis of the current migration crises in Europe, for which I have contributed a piece on Turkey below. As both the largest host of refugees worldwide and a transit country for refugees travelling to Europe, Turkey is one of the main players in the current refugee crisis. Despite several government services to refugees, … [Read more...]