Italy may call for Spain to be kicked out of #Schengen over rising migration numbers but this is legally not possible. What are actually the Schengen rules in such a situation?

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Italy’s most senior politicians have called for Spain to be kicked out of Europe’s Schengen zone, with tempers running hot as thousands of migrants reportedly forced their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

New article out 📘 How do Dublin transfers redistribute asylum responsibility across the EU? Our findings challenge common assumptions: Dublin transfers modestly reduce unequal distributions of asylum responsibilities. #EU #Asylum #Migration #DublinRegulation journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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The EU’s Dublin system is widely seen as unfair, but new research suggests the system has produced surprisingly fair outcomes in practice. ✍️ @lutzphilipp.bsky.social @ftrauner.bsky.social & Philipp Stutz @eupthejournal.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

The EU’s Dublin system is widely seen as unfair – but official statistics tell a different story

The EU’s Dublin system for processing asylum claims has been widely criticised. Yet new research shows the system produces surprisingly fair outcomes.

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We look forward to welcoming you to the Policy Forum, “Communicating migration in a polarised world: What works and what fails.” 💬 🗓️ 15 April, from 17:00 to 18:30 📍BSoG, Lisbon and Rome meeting rooms -1, Pleinlaan 5 👉 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eMGsfWiw #BSoG #migration

Publication alert 👉 new Special Issue on international norm dynamics in return and readmission published with @scmrjems.bsky.social ✅how does the EU establish new international norms in this field? ✅how and why do third countries contest them? Check at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

International norm dynamics in return and readmission: a research agenda

The EU has struggled to achieve its objectives in the field of return and readmission, most commonly assessed through the number of returned migrants. One reason for this is the unwillingness of no...

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📢 New publication in the @jeppjournal.bsky.social 📚 @federicazardo.bsky.social and I examine how the European Commission has responded to national emergency regimes within the EU’s asylum policy over time and in different cases 🇪🇺 #openaccess #EU; #asylum; www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The European Commission’s response to national emergency regimes within the EU’s asylum policy: from rejection to accommodation

National emergency laws restricting the entry of asylum seekers have become increasingly common across the European Union. This article investigates how the European Commission responds to such eme...

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@politico.eu reports that the EU considers withdrawing trade benefits if a third country refuses to cooperate on readmission. While the EU seems to be more determined this time, this line of thinking is actually not new at all from a longitudinal perspective.

🚨 New analysis of #Pact and #EU asylum governance 🚨 Which lessons to be drawn from the Dublin system for the implementation of the New Pact’s solidarity mechanism? This paper analyses all transfers that took place between 2008 and 2024 in the EU. www.epc.eu/publication/...

Towards a Fairer EU Asylum Policy: Lessons from the Dublin system for the EU’s Solidarity Mechanism

On 11 November 2025, the European Commission released its first European Annual Asylum and Migration Report as part of the new policy cycle introduced by the EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum. The Commission examined the asylum, migration and reception situation across the EU and found that four member states are under ‘migratory pressure’, and 14 others either ‘at risk’ or facing a ‘significant migration situation’.

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Curious about how fairness and solidarity can reshape EU asylum policy—and what the Dublin system teaches us for the new solidarity mechanism? Join my talk on Monday, 24 Nov at 16:00 in Vienna (in English, online access available). Register and take part! eif.univie.ac.at/downloads/ve...

🇪🇺📊 The @ec.europa.eu has released its first European Annual Asylum and Migration Report. It maps the migratory situation across all Member States and outlines who may receive support — and who is expected to provide it. The key question: can the system work in practice? 🧩

Es freut mich, einen Beitrag für @bpb.de zum Thema EU-Informationskampagnen zur Abschreckung irregulärer Migration verfasst zu haben. Frei online abrufbar👇 www.bpb.de/themen/migra...

EU-Informationskampagnen zur Abschreckung irregulärer Migration | EU-Migrations- und Asylpolitik | bpb.de

Informationskampagnen sollen „aufklären“, häufig auch mithilfe abschreckender Geschichten und Bilder. Das soll irreguläre Migration verhindern. Funktioniert das?

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🚨 New publication out! Together with @linavosyliute.bsky.social, we examine the EU’s risk of falling into a far-right trap in the negotiations on the Return Regulation. 📄 Published as an open-access Policy Brief by @birmm.bsky.social l — free to read & share! zenodo.org/records/1696...

Our article on the impact on Russia's war against Ukraine on the reform of the Common European Asylum System has finally ended its "early view"-status. It found a home in the current issue of European Politics and Society - and is still freely accessible to all. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The impact of the Russian war against Ukraine on the reform of the common European asylum system

This article analyses how the Russian invasion and the mass influx of Ukrainians have impacted the Europeanisation dynamics in EU asylum policy, notably the process of reforming the Common European...

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Happy to have engaged with the 'Foundation for Family Businesses and Politics' on the subject of migration, skills shortages and Europe's strive to attract talent. #SkillsShortage #EuropeanTalent #FamilyBusinesses youtu.be/0CWWsldfufg?...

Spotlight Brussels with Prof. Florian Trauner: How Can Europe Attract Top Talent?

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Before the 2015 refugee crisis, the cash-strapped World Food Programme had to drop 1/3 of its Syrian refugees from food vouchers in its Middle Eastern programme. A few months later, arrival numbers in Europe increased. Now, 10 years later, all of this seems forgotten... www.ft.com/content/976f...

Aid cuts are driving migrants to Europe, warns UN refugee chief

Filippo Grandi calls on EU countries to support existing asylum facilities in Africa rather than create new schemes

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On #WorldRefugeeDay, we reflect on the EU’s asylum system—strained by growing use of national emergency powers to control migration. Is this eroding EU asylum standards? 📘 Read our new @birmm.bsky.social Policy Brief: zenodo.org/records/1565... #Refugees #EUAsylum #MigrationPolicy

🎓👏 We are thrilled to share that on 16 June 2025, Folashade Ajayi successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Between making sense of and sensing Black activism in Germany". The BSoG would like to congratulate Dr. Ajayi on this wonderful achievement! #PhD #BSoG #VUB #research #BlackActivism

Speech of Commissioner Marta Kos at #EUIA25 is now published ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Speech by Commissioner Marta Kos at the EU International Affairs Conference

All Member States are faced with three great challenges: the challenge of peace, the challenge of freedom and the challenge of prosperity, and it seems clear that they can only be met through the Euro

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“Enlargement remains the greatest geopolitical success of the EU”. Enlargement commissioner Marta Kos at #EUIA25

#EUIA25 has started. Interesting discussion in the EU’s international role. A first panel is chaired by Julien Jeandesboz and concerns liberalism, borders and sovereignty.

📢 Join us at BIRMM/VUB for a guest lecture by Prof. Marie-Laure Basilien-Gainche @mlbg.bsky.social: “Bordering, Ordering, Othering: The Legal Thickening of EU Frontiers” 🗓️ 27 May, 🕛 12:00 PM. Open to all – register here 👉 birmm.research.vub.be/bordering-or... #Migration #EUlaw #BIRMM #VUB

Bordering, ordering, othering, ordering: the legal thickening of EU

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Ich freue mich sehr, dass mein Beitrag diese neue Blogreihe des Netzwerks @fluchtforschung.bsky.social eröffnet. Er behandelt, wie Mitgliedstaaten anhand von nationalen Notfallmaßnahmen die EU-Asylpolitik mehr und mehr beeinflussen.

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Der Fluchtforschungsblog startet die Blogreihe „10 Jahre nach dem langen Sommer der Migration“! Den Anfang macht der Artikel „Notfallmaßnahmen in der EU-Asylpolitik – Wenn die Ausnahme zur Regel wird“ von Florian Trauner @ftrauner.bsky.social. fluchtforschung.net/notfallmassn...

Pleased to announce our new publications on the role of narratives in migratory decision-making in the Gambia. A particular focus is on whether EU-promoted narratives can compete with local ones and actually influence migratory decision-making. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The role of EU‐promoted versus local narratives in migratory decision‐making in the Gambia

The EU tries to dissuade potential migrants from coming to Europe irregularly. However, can EU-promoted narratives compete with local ones and actually influence migratory decision-making? This artic....

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A great article to understand what Trump is doing to America beyond economic damage. It's about destroying cosmopolitism and installing a security mind-set. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

Opinion | How to Destroy What Makes America Great

Trump’s tariffs erect a wall between Americans and other people, obstructing the flow not only of goods but also of ideas, contacts, technology and friendships.

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If Frontex is beefed up to 30,000 staffers, it will be increasingly member states assisting Frontex in its activities and no longer Frontex assisting member states in theirs. www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...

EU wants to beef up border agency to 30,000 staffers

European Commission proposal would increase force of EU border patrols under Frontex.

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Now out and #openaccess in issue 30(2): Democracy Matters (To Some Extent): Autocracies, Democracies and the Forced Return of Migrants from the EU by Philipp Stutz & Florian Trauner @ftrauner.bsky.social Download and read for free:

Great initiative by the #VUB, opening up for American scholars and researchers. The @bsog.be may have to play a particular role in this, being the VUB's most international entity and already having several American colleagues. www.brusselstimes.com/1490737/brus...

Brussels university VUB opens doors to 'censored' American researchers

"US universities and their scholars are the biggest victims of this political and ideological interference. They are seeing millions in research funding disappear for ideological reasons."

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Official text of new proposal for EU Regulation on expulsion of non-EU migrants staying irregularly (replacing the current Returns Directive) Text - home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/proposal-reg... Press release - ec.europa.eu/commission/p... Qs and As - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Proposal for a Regulation establishing a common system for return

Proposal for a Regulation establishing a common system for return

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The Commission will publish today its proposal "a common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union". The overarching objective is to increase the EU's return rate and open possibilities for new measures such as return hubs in third countries. A 🧵

Austria is suggesting to stop the family reunification for asylum seekers due to an emergency and overburdened systems. What are its precise arguments and can this fly inside the EU? #Austria; #asylum; #emergency