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Migration Governance Capacities for Mediterranean Cities: A Strategic Urban Agenda of the Next Decade
This report is the result the symposium “Migration governance capacities for Mediterranean cities: a strategic urban agenda for the next decade” held in Barcelona in October 2024.
25 January 2025
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The Migration Agreements in Euro-Mediterranean Relations for a Geopolitical Europe
This paper undertakes a comprehensive examination of the geopolitical objectives pursued by the EU within the context of Euro-Mediterranean relations.
25 February 2024
- Policy Study
Cooperation on Readmission in the Euro-Mediterranean Area and Beyond: Lessons Learned and Unlearned
This joint policy study examines the European Union’s (EU) readmission system in the context of the Euro-Mediterranean and Euro-African regions and its impact on interstate cooperation, human rights observance, and migrants’ conditions.
27 April 2023
- Policy Study
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia: A Comparative Perspective on Maghreb Countries Migration Cooperation with their West African Neighbours
This paper analyses the migration and mobility cooperation in the Mediterranean region in the framework of the Joint Vision that the EU and the AU commited to and the EU's New Pact on Migration and Asylum.
16 June 2022
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From a Fragmented Cooperation to an Integrated Approach – The Emergence of the Maghreb and Sahel Region and its Consequences for the European Union
This paper present the concept of a Maghreb-Sahel regional security complex, a region which gains relevance due to the four key challenges it poses: human smuggling and irregular migration flows, regional conflicts and the presence Jihadist groups.
30 March 2022
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Developing EU Trade Incentives: A Support Tool for Refugee Self-Reliance and Host Community Resilience in Turkey
This paper explores how trade facilitation can become a way of supporting sustainable self-reliance for migrants and refugees by analysing their situation in Turkey.
28 March 2022
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Talent Partnerships and future skills needs. Fostering collaboration on human capital development in the Mediterranean
This Policy Report aims to identify possible areas in which Talent Partnerships can be developed between the EU and Southern Mediterranean countries within a mutually-beneficial framework
15 March 2022
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Territorial Impact of Migration on Frontline Regions and Cities on the EU Shores of the Mediterranean
In the absence of further joint migration instruments at a European level, the burden of managing the migrant emergency falls primarily on local and regional authorities of the European countries in particular in the south of the EU.
21 September 2021
- Policy Study
Beyond Networks, Militias and Tribes: Rethinking EU Counter-Smuggling Policy and Response
The EU’s stated commitment to counter the negative impacts of migrant smuggling activities constitutes an opportunity to rethink the traditional approaches to smuggling.
11 May 2021
- Paper
The Impact of Migration Policies on the EU’s Image as a Value-Driven Normative Actor
The EU has consistently tried to portray itself as a force for good in global affairs. However, its policies towards rising social and political challenges in its neighbourhood have severely damaged this self-constructed image.
17 December 2019
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Who Owns What? – Free Trade Policies, Migration Management and the Ambiguity of “Joint Ownership”
Despite the appearance of joint ownership in several EU documents, the definition offered remains quite vague. Thus, how can the operationalisation of the concept be evaluated?
5 December 2019
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A Tale of Two Agreements: EU Migration Cooperation with Morocco and Tunisia
While the EU lacks flexibility and a real willingness to build tailor-made partnerships, the interest of Tunisia and Morocco in pushing forward the talks seems to be limited.
14 May 2019