Announcements

The Externalization of Migration Governance: How does it work? 

On 24 September 2024 at 10:00 – 18:00, researchers working on migration from across the United Nations University group of institutes will come together for the UNU Migration Network Research Symposium at UNU-MERIT in Maastricht. This is an excellent opportunity for UNU academic colleagues working in this field to connect, present their research, exchange knowledge and ideas and develop future collaboration. 

The Refugee-Led Research Hub (RLRH) is looking for seasoned and dynamic leaders who are eager to make a splash in the global refugee higher education space (particularly at the graduate level), and in opening advanced professional opportunities for 500+ displacement-affected RLRH affiliates  – in research, academia, and practitioner spaces

The latest set of UNHCR’s Guidelines on International Protection No. 14: non-penalization of refugees on account of their irregular entry or presence and restrictions on their movements in accordance with Article 31 of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees has been published.

Forced Migration Review (FMR) will publish an issue on ‘Dangerous journeys: Saving lives and responding to missing migrants and refugees’ in May 2025

Andreina De Leo, an Early-Stage Researcher within the LIMES doctoral programme’s project “EU’s Shifting Borders – Scrutinizing Externalization of Migration Management and International Protection Responsibilities” has recently published a contribution to the REALaw.blog.

The Globalisation, Transnationalism, and Development (GTD) Research Group at FASoS, Maastricht University cordially invites you its Fall Colloquium Series. 

The next lecture in the Jean Monnet EU Migration Law and Governance Lecture series is taking place on Monday 14^th October from 15:30-17:00. It will feature Diego Acosta, Professor of European and Migration Law, University of Bristol (UK), on the theme “The Changing Global Migration Law: Free Movement Regimes and the Creation of the New Migrant“. 

TRACES: Words and images tell stories in different and sometimes complementary ways. This photo-ethnography on young people of Burundian heritage in Belgium and the Netherlands, explores traces of the war in Burundi.

 Wednesday 30 October, 5-6pm, Online 
Protection in the UK: the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill