Om en migrationspolitik som håller världens flyktingar på avstånd – av @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social och @anjasimonsen.bsky.social manskligsakerhet.se/2026/08/25/e...

Latest in the series of FAMAs/Russia horrors in Mali ~ L'armée malienne aurait utilisé des bombes à sous-munitions selon des témoignages recueillis par RFI

Just another day under Burkina Faso's military dictatorship. Recent critical comments against a regime's decision made by Baguian led to his arrest. He later died in detention. His father was banned from retrieving his body

This Wednesday, 12-13.30 CET, the inimitable Amanda Hammar will give the 3rd AMMODI keynote lecture. Join online, no registration needed. The lecture is entitled “Changing African ID Systems and the Selective Reconfiguration of Citizen Mobilities” Join us! ammodi.com/events/#Hamm...

Events

On this page, you can find information about upcoming or past events organised by AMMODI. Page contents 3rd AMMODI Keynote Lecture by Prof. Amanda Hammar AMMODI Virtual Roundtable: Making African(i…

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This Wednesday, 12-13.30 CET, the inimitable Amanda Hammar will give the 3rd AMMODI keynote lecture. Join online, no registration needed. The lecture is entitled “Changing African ID Systems and the Selective Reconfiguration of Citizen Mobilities” Join us! ammodi.com/events/#Hamm...

Events

On this page, you can find information about upcoming or past events organised by AMMODI. Page contents 3rd AMMODI Keynote Lecture by Prof. Amanda Hammar AMMODI Virtual Roundtable: Making African(i…

ammodi.com

Student visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Sudan and Myanmar abruptly cancelled by the UK home office this wee, including for those on UK government sponsored scholarships.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

39 Sudanese Chevening Scholarship finalists ejected this week from consideration for the scheme, for being Sudanese.

Anja Simonsen og jeg skriver i Berlingske om Danmarks brug af ulandsbistand for at bekæmpe irregulær migration. Indsatserne på området er designet som kortsigtede projekter uden opfølgning, og giver indtryk af at handle mere om symbolpolitik end at opnå resultater. www.berlingske.dk/kronikker/da...

Danmark investerer millioner i at bremse migration uden at undersøge, om det virker

Hvis Danmark vil fremstå som nytænkende og toneangivende på migrationsområdet, skal vi som et minimum investere i konkrete og gennemtænkte indsatser. Og vi skal følge ordentligt op på indsatsernes res...

berlingske.dk

Torrential rain in Nairobi this week. At least 23 confirmed dead. nation.africa/kenya/counti...

Nairobi floods: Death toll rises to 23 as 29 people rescued, 71 vehicles swept away police say

The death toll could go higher as rescue operations are still ongoing.

nation.africa

This week, the Swedish Migration Studies Delegation (Delmi) published Zvezda Vankova’s and my study ”Designing legal pathways into Sweden: opportunities, challenges and added value”. www.delmi.se/en/publicati...

Designing legal pathways into Sweden

How could Sweden design and implement new safe and legal pathways?

delmi.se

”Fifty-three migrants, including two babies, are dead or missing after a rubber boat carrying 55 people capsized off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Spokesperson said on Monday.” These terrible tragedies just continue. www.iom.int/news/two-bab...

Two Babies Among 53 Dead or Missing After Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Libya

Geneva/Tripoli, 9 February 2026 – Fifty-three migrants, including two babies, are dead or missing after a rubber boat carrying 55 people capsized off the coast of Libya, the International Organization...

iom.int

Au Danemark, au moins 10 000 personnes défilent pour dénoncer les propos de Donald Trump sur l’Afghanistan

Au Danemark, au moins 10 000 personnes défilent pour dénoncer les propos de Donald Trump sur l’Afghanistan

Le président américain avait déclenché l’indignation du Danemark et d’autres pays alliés, en affirmant, le 22 janvier, que leurs troupes étaient « restées un peu loin des lignes de front » pendant les vingt ans de conflit en Afghanistan.

lemonde.fr

We need more of this in Europe. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Spain approves decree to regularise half a million undocumented migrants

Move affecting those who have been in Spain five months or more runs counter to anti-migration policies across Europe

theguardian.com

I‘m sure @birgitsippel.bsky.social has the entire migration/asylum expert community on her side on this issue, but sadly that doesn‘t seem to mean much any more. @nikolajnielsen.bsky.social @euobserver.com @gesanchez.bsky.social @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social @theecre.bsky.social

euobserver — EU news that matters@euobserver.com · 8mo ago

A socialist MEP might have to relinquish her role as lead negotiator on a migration dossier following right-wing pressure over proposals to shield humanitarians from criminal prosecution.

Idag pratade jag med Studio Ett om konfliktbilden i Sahelregionen med anledning av att Antonio Guterres nyligen varnade för att regionen kan utgöra ett globalt terrorhot. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/har-... Här är en länk till pressmeddelandet där Guterres citeras: press.un.org/en/2025/sc16...

Här är den globala terrorismens epicenter - Studio Ett

Nu till Sahelregionen i Afrika som beskrivs som den globala terrorismens nya epicenter. Ingen annanstans i världen dör så många människor i terrordåd som ...

sverigesradio.se

Here are a few reflections on the recent presidential #elections in Côte d’Ivoire and the outlook ahead of the 27 December legislative elections theconversation.com/cote-divoire...

Côte d'Ivoire’s democratic backslide: elections leave even less space for freedom

Côte d’Ivoire’s 27 December legislative elections will be a test of the country’s democratic resilience.

theconversation.com

The situation in Tanzania is worse than we realised. Some journalists have managed to smuggle information out of the country. Current death toll is close to 1,000 by some reports. A harshly enforced curfew is in place.

Eritrea banned its football team from participating in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers because the teams athletes have in the past used international sporting commitments as an opportunity to escape the authoritarian regime. As a result several teams that had been eliminated qualified.

Non-state armed actors engage with states in ambiguous and highly differentiated ways. In a recent article, Mariam Bjarnesen and I reflect on the seemingly contrasting approaches taken by three West African states; Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Liberia: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The first round of the presidential #elections in Côte d’Ivoire will take place on 25 October. In this post, @sebastianvanbaalen.se and I take stock of the stakes for #democracy in an election where the two main opposition candidates have been barred from running theconversation.com/cote-divoire...

Côte d'Ivoire’s elections have already been decided: Outtara will win and democracy will lose

Regardless of the legal reasoning and outcomes, President Alassane Ouattara’s fourth-term bid is a loss for democracy in Côte d'Ivoire.

theconversation.com

Le premier tour de l'élection présidentielle en Côte d'Ivoire aura lieu le 25 octobre. Dans cet article, @sebastianvanbaalen.se et moi-même faisons le point sur les enjeux démocratiques d'un scrutin où les deux principaux candidats de l'opposition sont exclus. theconversation.com/la-democrati...

La démocratie ivoirienne promise à une nouvelle défaite dans les urnes

L’élection de 2025 mine la démocratie ivoirienne parce qu’elle se joue sur un terrain largement biaisé en faveur du pouvoir en place.

theconversation.com

With key contenders blocked, Côte d'Ivoire’s president is set for a fourth term. Opposition slams it as a blow to democracy. 🗳️😕 theconversation.com/cote-divoire... #Politics

Côte d'Ivoire’s elections have already been decided: Ouattara will win and democracy will lose

Regardless of the legal reasoning and outcomes, President Alassane Ouattara’s fourth-term bid is a loss for democracy in Côte d'Ivoire.

theconversation.com

Le premier tour de l'élection présidentielle en Côte d'Ivoire aura lieu le 25 octobre. Dans cet article, @sebastianvanbaalen.se et moi-même faisons le point sur les enjeux démocratiques d'un scrutin où les deux principaux candidats de l'opposition sont exclus. theconversation.com/la-democrati...

La démocratie ivoirienne promise à une nouvelle défaite dans les urnes

L’élection de 2025 mine la démocratie ivoirienne parce qu’elle se joue sur un terrain largement biaisé en faveur du pouvoir en place.

theconversation.com

The first round of the presidential #elections in Côte d’Ivoire will take place on 25 October. In this post, @sebastianvanbaalen.se and I take stock of the stakes for #democracy in an election where the two main opposition candidates have been barred from running theconversation.com/cote-divoire...

Côte d'Ivoire’s elections have already been decided: Outtara will win and democracy will lose

Regardless of the legal reasoning and outcomes, President Alassane Ouattara’s fourth-term bid is a loss for democracy in Côte d'Ivoire.

theconversation.com

The latest Open Access volume of Migration and Society has been published!: bit.ly/4mbOY7L Featuring research by: @malayfiroz.bsky.social @jenri.bsky.social @ernabodstrom.bsky.social @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social @djamilak.bsky.social @suzan-ilcan.bsky.social and more!

Soft infrastructures? It’s a thing. At least this article that I co-wrote argues it is. We conceptualise regional labour #mobilities in #WestAfrica this way to highlight the social, cultural, contextual and adaptable mediation of movement. Have a look! www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...

Soft infrastructures? It’s a thing. At least this article that I co-wrote argues it is. We conceptualise regional labour #mobilities in #WestAfrica this way to highlight the social, cultural, contextual and adaptable mediation of movement. Have a look! www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...

Reopening the call for a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship on jihad in Subsaharan Africa, with a later start date (January 2026) - French a plus but not a requirement... drive.google.com/file/d/1oLPb...

Non-state armed actors engage with states in ambiguous and highly differentiated ways. In a recent article, Mariam Bjarnesen and I reflect on the seemingly contrasting approaches taken by three West African states; Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Liberia: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....