Migration [What Think Tanks are thinking]

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Series Details 09.03.18
Publication Date 09/03/2018
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The European Union's southern borders remained under pressure from irregular migrants escaping poverty and war in the Middle East and Africa. The 2016 agreement between the EU and Turkey significantly slowed the influx to Europe through Greece of people escaping the war in Syria. However, the number of irregular migrant arrivals via other routes, especially across the central Mediterranean, remained high in 2017 and 2018, boosting support for nationalist, anti-immigrant and populist groups across the EU.

EU leaders agreed in February 2018 that the bloc should allocate more funds in its next long-term budget to the curbing of irregular migration.

This Briefing note offers links to recent commentaries and studies on migration from major international think-tanks and research institutes.

Compiler: Marcin Grajewski

Further information

Earlier think tank commentaries and studies on the same topic can be found in previous editions of 'What Think Tanks are thinking'.

Migration into the EU, June 2017
The EU and migration, February 2017.
The EU and migration, September 2016
The Migration Crisis, May 2016
Europe’s migration crisis, March 2016
The Schengen Area, February 2016
Migration, December 2015
Migration, September 2015
The EU’s Migration Challenge, April 2015

Source Link http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2018/614740/EPRS_BRI(2018)614740_EN.pdf
Related Links
ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/
Carnegie Europe: Article, 03.04.18: The EU Remains Unprepared for the Next Migration Crisis http://carnegieeurope.eu/2018/04/03/eu-remains-unprepared-for-next-migration-crisis-pub-75965
Chatham House: Expert Comment, 13.04.18: Migration Deals Risk Undermining Global Refugee Protection https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/migration-deals-risk-undermining-global-refugee-protection

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