Migration

Review – People Forced to Flee

Martin Duffy • May 17 2023 • Features

This comprehensive account of forced displacement highlights the potential for change, advocates more judicial action, and tackles the organisation’s own failings.

Reflecting on the Syrian Migration Crisis

By any standard of evaluation, many Eastern Mediterranean governments failed to meet the standards of democratic values and human rights as the Syrian migration wore on.

National Responses to the Syrian Refugee Crisis: The Cases of Libya and Malta

Emma Casey and Yannis A. Stivachtis • May 8 2023 • Articles

The lack of a coherent EU migration and asylum policy has placed Maltese officials in a situation where they perceive that an aggressive anti-migrant posture is their most viable course politically.

The Critical Role of Turkey in the Management of the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Dimitris Tsarouhas • May 6 2023 • Articles

Turkey has sought to cope with the crisis in two distinct ways and over two identifiable phases.

Interview – Kristina Roepstorff

E-International Relations • May 4 2023 • Features

Kristina Roepstorff discusses her multidisciplinary approach, fieldwork, and developments in humanitarian action particularly in relation to migration and the pandemic.

Italy’s Mixed Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Augusta Nannerini • May 3 2023 • Articles

The Italian response to the Syrian crisis is complex and must be understood in light of the many nuances that it has assumed over time in different scenarios.

From Transit Country to Destination: The Road to Refugee and Asylum Seekers’ Integration in Greece

Alexandra Prodromidou and Faye Ververidou • Apr 28 2023 • Articles

Greece’s transition to a destination nation requires drastic measures to bridge the policy implementation gap in integration.

UNHCR, National Policies and the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon and Jordan

Neda Moayerian and Max O. Stephenson Jr. • Apr 24 2023 • Articles

The dominant framing of refugees as passive and vulnerable and in need of state protection and/or reunification must change.

The European Union’s Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Evanthia Balla • Apr 22 2023 • Articles

The lack of a common stance towards the crisis by Member States and the complexity of EU policy-making diminishes the value of the EU as a trustworthy regional and global player.

New Book – Policy and Politics of the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Eastern Mediterranean States

Max O. Stephenson Jr. and Yannis A. Stivachtis • Apr 21 2023 • Articles

This edited volume explores whether and to what extent the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean have sought to integrate refugees of the Syrian conflict into their national societies.

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