Announcements

In Melissa Siegel’s latest video she addresses the Ukraine situation. In this video she addresses the internal displacement situation, the international displacement situation and the policy response, specifically from the EU.

In this discussion with Refugee Project Maastricht (RPM), Melissa Siegel breaks down how migration is a prominent component of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. They compare rhetoric from public officials and civil society in Europe in 2015 and 2022 regarding refugee reception and unpack these situations’ similarities and differences. Going a few steps further, she analyses whether international law distinguishes refugees based on their origins and also lay out the factors boosting a country’s capacity to host refugees. 

elissa Siegel begins this video by breaking down the notion of highly skilled migrants, both from an international perspective and from the different indicators countries often use. She then turns to the OECD’s new talent attractiveness tool. In doing this Melissa Siegel breaks down the different components used by the OECD to measure attractiveness. 

The Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) at the University of Birmingham, UK, is inviting submissions for paper and panel proposals that address key dimensions and changes in contemporary migration studies research, both in the past decade and for the decade ahead for its 10^th anniversary international conference: Looking back to look forward:   Celebrating 10 years of research on migration, forced displacement and superdiversity. The conference will be held on 14-16 September at the University of Birmingham, UK. Online participation also possible. 

On the 10th June 2022, Prof. Hildegard Schneider, professor of European Migration Law and a co-founder of MACIMIDE, will deliver her farewell lecture. 

Melissa Siegel took part in the 15th episode of the Delmi podcast on climate adaptation, its opportunities and risks. The Delmi podcast is a podcast on migration and research published by the Migration Studies Delegation, an independent committee that initiates studies and supplies research results as a basis for future migration policy decisions and to contribute to public debate. 

Raturi, R., & V. Cebotari (2022). The impact of parental migration on psychological well-being of children in Ghana. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 

In this video, Melissa Siegel looks at migration from Ukraine to the Netherlands as a result of the conflict in Ukraine. This update looks at both the number of Ukrainians arriving in the Netherlands and where in the Netherlands they are residing. 

In this video, Melissa Siegel updates the Netherlands migration series. Melissa Siegel begins this by looking at migrant stock and flows. In doing this she examines the countries of origin of migrants living in the Netherlands. She goes on to look at where Dutch people are emigrating to. She goes on to examine the proportion of visas granted for different purposes. 

In Melissa Siegel’s latest video she looks at MIDEQ: the Migration for Development and Equality project. MIDEQ arises from the disparity in funding for migration research between the global north and south. The project aims to mobilise resources for researchers countries in the global south to establish and pursue their own research agendas.