Migration [What Think Tanks Are Thinking]

The European Union is facing a migration crisis as hundreds of thousands of refugees try to reach Europe, fleeing war, oppression and poverty in Syria and other parts of the Middle East as well as Africa and Asia.

The unprecedented scale of migration and a rising death toll of people during their journeys is forcing EU governments and institutions to respond. The Luxembourg presidency of the Council has convened justice and home affairs ministers for an emergency Council meeting on 14 September to discuss the EU response to migratory pressures and demands for international protection. Effective handling of migration is a priority for the European Commission, at a time when the Dublin Regulation governing the EU’s approach to asylum is under severe pressure.

This note offers links to a series of recent commentaries and studies on migration in the EU from major international think tanks and research institutes. More papers on the same topic can be found in a previous edition of ‘What think tanks are thinking’ published in April 2015.

Written by Marcin Grajewski.

Note that the EPRS published an additional compilation of Migration reports from Think Tanks in December 2015 (see related url hyperlink)

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: The EU’s Migration Challenge [What Think Tanks Are Thinking], April 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-eus-migration-challenge-what-think-tanks-are-thinking/

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

EP: EPRS: Migration [What Think Tanks are thinking][December 2015 edition] http://epthinktank.eu/2015/12/11/migration-what-think-tanks-are-thinking-2/

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