What a sad and surreal piece of theatre.

Italy has ordered the suspension of free movement with Spain following the arrival of more than 50,000 people from Morocco into Ceuta. But is this necessary?

Munich Airport will build a migrant deportation facility, which will be leased to the federal government and used by the federal police. The terminal is intended to increase the number of deportations carried out from Germany. www.infomigrants.net/en/post/7250...

Munich Airport to build migrant deportation terminal

Munich Airport will build a migrant deportation facility, which will then be subsequently leased to the federal government and used by the federal police. The terminal is intended to increase the numb...

infomigrants.net

It is always sad to bid farewell at the end of these two weeks at the @mpc-eui.bsky.social. It took us only two weeks to create a community. We will now scatter around the world, but many of these human connections will last a lifetime. Long live the Migration Summer School!

Looking for a simple trick to reduce human mobility? The United States is cutting the number of visa-processing embassies and consulates in Africa from 50 to 20. Nearly half the continent’s population will need to travel to another country to obtain a US visa. Via @thecontinent.org

Capital buys mobility that most people will never have: wealthy individuals are increasingly shopping for second passports and tax-friendly residencies. This creates difficult questions: should citizenship become a luxury good? Can governments vet applicants? www.economist.com/business/202...

The world’s wealthy are migrating like never before

A booming industry of advisers is easing their passage

economist.com

#OpenAccess from @epsrjournal.bsky.social - Not all migrants are equal: public support for migrant welfare access by migrant type and social protection scheme - https://cup.org/44hn5Vj - Samir Mustafa Negash, @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social & @alexandreafonso.bsky.social #FirstView

The 22nd Migration Summer School is underway! 23 participants from 21 countries. 19 speakers from 13 countries. 10 days. First challenge: describe your workday in one word. The answers? Fieldwork, data, protection, triage, stress, grant-making, adrenaline, chaos, emergency... and “bureaucrazy”.

"Not all migrants are equal" 🥇 🥈 🥉 @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social, @fggaleiden.bsky.social's Samir Negash & @alexandreafonso.bsky.social drawn on experiments from Germany and the UK to evaluate the deservingness of citizens and different migrant categories across 4 welfare schemes buff.ly/EUExGVs

Not all migrants are equal: public support for migrant welfare access by migrant type and social protection scheme | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Not all migrants are equal: public support for migrant welfare access by migrant type and social protection scheme

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When people think about migrants and welfare, they often ask a simple question: Should migrants have access to social benefits? Our new paper with @alexandreafonso.bsky.social and Samir Negash suggests the answer is much more nuanced. @epsrjournal.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/exntas9d 🧵 1/6

Very happy to see this out on perceptions of welfare deservingness for different categories of migrants, together with @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social and Samir Negash @fggaleiden.bsky.social, open access in EPSR:

The Migration Movies Database is now available on @letterboxd.social. This list gathers 600+ films about human movement from 1940 to today: refugees, labour migration, diaspora, border crossing, discrimination, return, and irregular migration. letterboxd.com/lorenzo_picc...

Migration movies

Migration is one of cinema’s oldest stories: journeys, borders, exile, belonging, survival, reinvention. This list is based on the Migration Movies Database, a research project by the Migration Policy...

letterboxd.com

Great @playthegame-org.bsky.social read on the African soccer infrastructure, FIFA payments, and the rise of "diaspora teams" in Africa.

Behind the stadium boom: Why foreign-born players fill African football teams

A wave of stadium upgrades across Africa coincides with a growing share of Europe-born footballers representing African nations. Steffany Ndei examines how CAF regulations, state interests, and federa...

playthegame.org

Videos collected by @nytimes.com shows how the Israeli military has deployed white phosphorous, a weapon that can be extremely harmful, over populated areas in Lebanon. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/w...

What Visual Evidence Tells Us About Israel’s Use of White Phosphorus in Lebanon

nytimes.com

This wonderful resource, with a slightly complicated name (ENRMSC Hub), connects refugees, migrants, and stateless individuals and provides a catalogue of up-to-date opportunities for education and employment. hub.enrmsc.org/about

ENRMSC Hub — Opportunities for Changemakers

Join the ENRMSC Hub — connecting migrants, refugees, and changemakers with scholarships, fellowships, jobs, grants, and more worldwide.

hub.enrmsc.org

EU and Schengen countries received nearly 12 million applications for short-stay visas in 2025, marking a 1.8% increase from 2024. Yet, visa demand remains well below the 17 million applications recorded in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic. home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/schenge...

Schengen short-stay Visa applications rise in 2025 but remain below pre-pandemic levels

According to figures released by the Commission, EU and Schengen-associated countries received nearly 12 million applications for short-stay visas in 2025, marking a 1.8% increase from 2024. However, ...

home-affairs.ec.europa.eu

Visa outsourcing giant VFS Global built a multi-billion-dollar business on people who need visas. A @lighthousereports.com investigation finds aggressive selling, data protection failures, and applicants being pushed into paying for “optional” services. www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...

The Visa Empire: Borders as a Business

Outsourcing giant VFS Global has made huge profits by exploiting people around the world whose ‘weak’ passports require them to apply for visas to travel

lighthousereports.com

We have updated the Migration Movies Database: it now includes more than 600 movies on migration produced globally between 1940 and 2025. migrationpolicycentre.eu/project/migr...

Migration Movies Database - Migration Policy Centre

This Migration Movies Database brings together screen works that tell stories of migration and human movement from1940 until 2025.

migrationpolicycentre.eu

Congo will remove visa requirements for all African nationals from 2027, joining Benin, Togo, Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, and Seychelles in opening its borders to Africans. Yet, flying within Africa still costs nearly 50% more than comparable distances elsewhere. www.africanews.com/2026/05/26/c...

Congo throws open its borders to Africa | Africanews

From January 1, 2027, the Republic of Congo will abolish visa requirements for all African citizens, marking a major step toward continental integration. Announced in Brazzaville by President Denis Sa...

africanews.com

«The UAE does not disclose detailed statistics on foreign residents but estimates suggest that before the war perhaps 3m-4m of the country’s 12m people were well-heeled outsiders and their families.» economist.com/finance-and-...

Where expat escapees from Dubai end up

Will they ever return?

economist.com

The Trump administration is creating a global network of countries willing to accept deportees. The numbers are still small, but the threat of being sent to places like, say, Equatorial Guinea or Angola is designed to scare people away from the United States. www.economist.com/united-state...

Donald Trump’s bold new deportation machine

Coming to America, going to Angola

economist.com

Digital media amplifies the reach and consequences of disinformation targeting minorities and migrants. The new training by @edmo-eu.bsky.social covers narratives, case studies across Europe, and how to counter falsehoods. Register for free. 13 May 2026, 14:00-16:00. edmo.eu/training/edm...

Great to read that #MPCSummerSchool at @mpc-eui.bsky.social helped spark the new book by @kudavan.bsky.social: Can Migration Studies be Decolonized? The book is now out and already making waves. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/can-migratio...

Can Migration Studies be Decolonized?

Can Migration Studies be Decolonized?; What does it really mean to “decolonize” migration studies? This book asks hard questions about theory vs practice, showing how decolonial approaches can both tr...

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk

A recent Eurostat publication shows a decrease of 27% in the number of first-time asylum applications in the EU compared with 2024, with most applications being lodged in Spain, Italy, France, and Germany. home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-memb...

EU Member States saw a 27% drop in first-time asylum applications in 2025

A recent Eurostat publication revealed a 27% decrease in first-time asylum applications in the EU between 2024 and 2025. Five EU countries accounted for 83% of all first-time asylum applicants while f...

home-affairs.ec.europa.eu

The AfD: "an illustration of how opposition parties can shape discourses about national identity".

LSE European Politics@lseeuroppblog.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The AfD's narratives have had a powerful impact on German policy debates. New research shows the party's influence lies in the fundamentally different story it tells about what the German nation is or should be. ✍ Rachel Herring | Maximilian Tkocz blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

What a fantastic week at the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation, University of Pretoria 🇿🇦 Teaching and exchanging ideas with brilliant students and scholars, made possible by @euerasmusplus.bsky.social. I am grateful for the inspiration, new collaborations, and warm hospitality.

According to the latest count from the Lebanese Ministry of Health, released this morning, since March 2, Israeli bombings in Lebanon have killed at least 2,020 people, including 165 children, 248 women, and 85 health workers, and injured more than 6,000. www.naharnet.com/stories/3194...

Lebanon's death toll from Israeli strikes passes 2,000

Lebanese authorities said on Saturday that Israeli strikes have killed 2,020 people since the start of the war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah last month. The new toll from the Lebanese heal...

naharnet.com

Soccer diplomacy: “Part of Canada Soccer's new World Cup brand campaign, Our Game Now, the premise was simple: bring your Italy jersey, get a Canadian one”. (In the end, those who got jerseys didn't have to give theirs up). www.sportsnet.ca/fifa-world-c...

For decades, cinema has told powerful stories of migration. The Migration Movies Database brings these stories together to support teaching, learning, and public discussions through a searchable archive of migration-related films. migrationpolicycentre.eu/project/migr...

Difficult to describe how unusual it is for @icrc.org to speak publicly like this. "Heavy explosive weapons with wide-area effects struck densely populated urban areas, including the capital Beirut, without effective advance warnings." ICRC Outraged by Deadly Strikes in Densely Populated Areas

Lebanon: ICRC outraged by deadly strikes in densely populated areas

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is outraged by the devastating death and destruction in densely populated areas across Lebanon today following intensified military operations.

icrc.org