Migration

Dossiers

Graffiti/Schatten auf einer Backsteinmauer, die ein Flüchtlingsmädchen mit ihrem Koffer zeigt

Articles

Foto: Eine Reihe von Polizist*innen mit Helmen und Schilden steht nachts eng beieinander, mit grellem Licht im Hintergrund.

German-Georgian Migration agreement: Germany must take a close look

Published: 20 December 2024

Commentary

The migration agreement between Germany and Georgia has been in place since December 2023, and Georgia has been considered a safe country of origin for just as long. However, the increasingly repressive policies in Tbilisi make it necessary to rethink the German view of the country.

By Dr. Sonja Katharina Schiffers and Kirsten Krampe

Foto: Ein Metallzaun mit rot-weißem Absperrband, das sich kreuzt. Dahinter ein Weg und ein Holzzaun, im Hintergrund unscharf ein Gebäude.

Migration Policy: European Union Increasingly Outsources Responsibility for Asylum

Published: 15 October 2024

Analysis

Externalisation is increasingly seen as a lever for solving the EU’s migration issues, yet poses serious legal, ethical and practical problems.

By Judith Kohlenberger

Menschen versammeln sich auf dem Tahrir Platz in Kairo.

Feminist Foreign Policy and Relations between Germany and Egypt: Shifting Priorities

Published: 18 October 2022

Analysis

The German government is currently working out guidelines for its feminist foreign policy (FFP). If it adopted a thorough approach, it would have to reassess bilateral cooperation with Egypt in all fields, including security, the economy, and migration.

By Christian Achrainer

Person hält einen aserbaidschanischen Reisepass in die Kamera, Hintergrund unscharf.

A portrait of a migrant: Azerbaijanis in Germany

Published: 12 January 2022

Background

Germany leads as a destination country for migrants from Azerbaijan ahead of other European states. It is hard to provide an accurate number but according to various expert estimates, Germany is home to approximately 20 to 30 thousand Azerbaijani migrants.

Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel in Brüssel

In the name of the European Union: on the significance of words

Published: 31 August 2021

Commentary

In recent days, there has been a lot of talk in the EU about an emerging “wave of refugees” or “migration disaster”. However, the real disaster is the failure of Western governments to rescue people from Afghanistan who deserve our protection, the Director of our office in Brussels, Eva van de Rakt, comments.

By Eva van de Rakt

Offene Hand in der ein abgerissener Zettel liegt, auf dem Asylum steht

Truly Indispensable! The Geneva Refugee Convention at 70

Published: 27 July 2021

Commentary

The Geneva Refugee Convention turned 70. Hardly anyone feels like celebrating in view of the many violations internationally, but the occasion offers the opportunity to strongly support the Convention’s principles in face of all hostilities, because it stands for nothing less than the protection of refugees.

By Kirsten Krampe

“We need a strong European budget”

Published: 21 June 2021

Interview

In an interview, Dr. Franziska Brantner MdB comments on the results of the “Actually European!? Citizen expectations of the next German government’s EU policy” study and makes the case for greater German engagement in the fields of climate protection, tax policy and ensuring the rule of law.

By Christine Pütz

World Refugee Day: Some personal thoughts from Greece

Published: 18 June 2021

Commentary

Today is World Refugee Day. A day chosen back in 2001 to honour the Geneva Convention for refugees and to remind the world of the plight of refugees worldwide. This year marks two anniversaries: the 20th World Refugee Day and the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Convention. This is a good moment to reflect on the state of global and European protection of those fleeing war and persecution.

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Publications

Germany Calling

Published: 13 December 2024

E-Paper

Germany is dependent on labour migration from the Western Balkans. However, the emigration of young, educated people in particular is slowing down both economic and democratic progress in the region.

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Contested Mobility Norms in Africa

Published: 11 April 2024

Migration from Africa will not only occupy European politics in the future; it is already shaping politics in Africa today and is an important factor for economic development.

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How should policymakers respond to the reality and future prospect of vast populations being displaced and relocated in an era of global heating? With climate change looming, anxiety over immigration from the Global South is increasingly fuelled by apocalyptic fears of ecological breakdown. This volume offers fresh perspectives on the relationship between climate change and human migration, questioning the pessimistic prisms of ‘security’ and market-oriented approaches to ‘adaptation’ that currently guide policy.

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Perspectivas Lateinamerika: Kommen, Gehen, Bleiben, Weiterziehen

Published: 12 May 2020

Wir möchten mit Perspectivas Nr. 3 den Blick auf den Umgang mit Migration in Lateinamerika lenken. Unsere Autorinnen und Autoren analysieren Ursachen und staatliche Politiken, zeigen auf, welche Auswirkungen das für Migrantinnen und Migranten hat, und berichten von Solidaritätsstrukturen, die praktische und politische Unterstützung leisten.

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Refugees, Asylum and Migration Issues in Hungary

Published: 27 December 2017

How far does Budapest's influence extend? How has the "refugee crisis" affected regional cooperation? This study gives background information, facts and data on the last three years of the “refugee crisis”: its social, political, policy and diplomatic repercussions.

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Perspectives Middle East & North Africa #10: Borders - Lines in the Sand or in the Mind?

Published: 10 October 2016

While the privileged few may cross legitimately by simply presenting their passport, for most, borders present difficult if not insurmountable hurdles. Furthermore there are plenty of other lines of division: social, ethnic, religious and ideological. Any border is a painful memory of the fact that it is not an individual’s choice to define which side he or she is on.

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Focus on Hungary: Refugees, Asylum and Migration

Published: 14 February 2016

The study analyses the Hungarian Government’s rhetoric and policy measures with regard to refugee, asylum and migration issues and shows how democratic opposition parties, the far-right, and civil society actors have responded to the Government’s anti-refugee policies.

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Perspectives Middle East & North Africa #6: I do not want to be born a refugee

Published: 1 December 2013

Millions of Syrians have fled their homes, either inside the country itself or sometimes very far from home. The magazine highlights some key aspects of the Syrian refugee problem through those affected who are living this tragedy.

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Migration

Dossiers

Truly Indispensable! The Geneva Refugee Convention at 70

Monopoly in Africa?

Dossier: The Berlin Anthology

Articles

German-Georgian Migration agreement: Germany must take a close look

Migration Policy: European Union Increasingly Outsources Responsibility for Asylum

Feminist Foreign Policy and Relations between Germany and Egypt: Shifting Priorities

A portrait of a migrant: Azerbaijanis in Germany

In the name of the European Union: on the significance of words

Truly Indispensable! The Geneva Refugee Convention at 70

“We need a strong European budget”

World Refugee Day: Some personal thoughts from Greece

Publications

Germany Calling

Contested Mobility Norms in Africa

Climate Justice and Migration

Perspectivas Lateinamerika: Kommen, Gehen, Bleiben, Weiterziehen

Refugees, Asylum and Migration Issues in Hungary

Perspectives Middle East & North Africa #10: Borders - Lines in the Sand or in the Mind?

Focus on Hungary: Refugees, Asylum and Migration

Perspectives Middle East & North Africa #6: I do not want to be born a refugee