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Home / Themes / Asylum and refugees

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Asylum and refugees

Europe’s restrictive migration policy trend did not originate in the US, but its policies have influenced the rhetoric and frameworks through which immigration issues are framed and addressed. Europe
Future of Europe

The trail of Trump’s (anti-)immigration policies in Europe

By Rut Bermejo Casado // Posted on 13 Mar 2025
Security checkpoint at the entrance of the Osmaniye Accommodation Facility in Turkey. A large sign overhead shows the facility’s name in three languages (English, Turkish and Arabic), along with the Turkish flag and AFAD (Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority) logo. A silver car is stopped at the gate as two security officers check the area. A man stands near a white building, with blue fences and barriers around. Refugees
Democracy and citizenship

The fall of the Assad regime and what it means for Syrian refugees

By Ezgi Irgil // Posted on 04 Feb 2025
Joe Biden participates in a meeting in the White House, March 12, 2024. Biden immigration policy
China, the US and the new world order

From campaign to implementation: an overview of Biden’s immigration policy

By Eric Sigmon // Posted on 06 Aug 2024
Idomeni refugee camp, on the border between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Future of Europe

The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: context, challenges and limitations

By Carmen González Enríquez // Posted on 28 May 2024
von der Leyen, Zelensky & Borrell
Future of Europe

Russia’s war against Ukraine: where do we stand and what can the future bring?

By Josep Borrell // Posted on 27 Apr 2022
Turkey-EU relations. Flags of the EU and Turkey. Photo: Martin Schulz (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Elcano Blog
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

Two to tango: the unchanging complexity of Turkey-EU relations

By Ilke Toygür // Posted on 27 Oct 2017
Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 71st session (20/9/2016). UN Photo by Cia Pak. Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship

Nobody’s perfect, not even Justin Trudeau

// Posted on 13 Oct 2016
Estación de tren de Idomeni en la frontera entre Grecia y la Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia. Ruta de los Balcanes hacia Europa (septiembre de 2015). Foto: Martin Leveneur (CC BY-ND 2.0) . Blog Elcano
Future of Europe

Europe: too many crises for so little leadership

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 15 Mar 2016
Ahmet Davutoglu, Prime Minister of Turkey, and Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, at the EU-Turkey Summit (29/11/2015). Photo: The European Union. Non Commercial use. Elcano Blog
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

EU in marriage of convenience with Turkey over migrants

By William Chislett // Posted on 03 Dec 2015
What’s Behind the Surge in Refugees Crossing the Mediterranean Sea / The New York Times. Elcano Blog
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

The Mediterranean refugee crisis: obstacles to an effective European action

// Posted on 06 May 2015
Future of Europe

Germany’s Immigration Policy: From Refusal to Reluctance (ARI)

By Johannes von Stritzky // Posted on 03 Jun 2009
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