IOM Project: Iraqi minorities in diaspora

A team at UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance has been commissioned by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) office in Iraq to research how ethno-religious communities in the Iraqi diaspora, namely Christian and Yazidi communities, engage with Iraq and with…

DRC Project: Networks-led national Diaspora dialogue in Europe

UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance were recently commissioned by the Danish Refugee Council’s (DRC) Diaspora Programme to provide support within their “Networks-led national Diaspora dialogue in Europe” project. The aim of the project is to promote Syrian civil society…

France Médias Monde Project: Monitoring and Evaluation of infomigrants.net

UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance were commissioned by France Médias Monde to carry out a monitoring and evaluation of the multimedia platform Infomigrants.net. The objective of the platform is to provide relevant, timely and accurate news and information in Arabic, French,…

IOM COVID-19 Analytical Snapshots

We are pleased to share the latest “COVID-19 Analytical Snapshots”, a series of 1-2 page snapshots on the latest analysis from around the world on the migration and mobility-related issues stemming from COVID-19. Please note that new “COVID-19 Analytical Snapshots” are…

SAVE THE DATE: 17th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference hosted by MPI, CLINIC, & Georgetown Law is Sept. 21-22, 2020

SAVE THE DATE: 17th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference hosted by MPI, CLINIC, & Georgetown Law is Sept. 21-22, 2020

Save the Date for a Virtual Conference September 21-22, 2020   Please save the date for the 17th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference, organized by the Migration Policy Institute, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., and Georgetown University Law Center. Given…

Appeal No. 2: Urgent Justice Mechanism for Repatriated Migrant Workers Now

Appeal No. 2: Urgent Justice Mechanism for Repatriated Migrant Workers Now

  On 1 June 2020, a coalition of civil society organizations and trade unions launched an appeal for an “Urgent Justice Mechanism”, to address the plight of millions of migrant workers who have been repatriated or are awaiting repatriation as…

Call for an Urgent Justice Mechanism for Repatriated Migrant Workers

Call for an Urgent Justice Mechanism for Repatriated Migrant Workers

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted millions of migrant workers in destination countries, many of whom have experienced job loss or non-payment of wages, been forced by employers to take unpaid leave or reduced wages, been confined in poor living…

Three new PhD positions in international migration | Danube University Krems

Danube University Krems is Europe’s leading university for continuing education. As the only public university for continuing education in the German-speaking area, it specialises in upskilling programmes for working persons and, in teaching and research, is engaged in tackling current…

Launch new IMISCOE website

Dear IMISCOE Community We are happy and proud to announce that IMISCOE’s new website is now ONLINE. In the last few months the IMISCOE network office, the team of Designserver and Studio Parkers, the IMISCOE website working group and many…

PhD Projects Mental health displaced persons & ethnic inequalities and discrimination (Nijmegen)

Aim: This project aims to describe the unintended consequences of the provision of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) to displaced persons. Theoretical Background: Until recently, for humanitarian organizations active in (post-)conflict situations, providing MHPSS has often been seen as…