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We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the workshop “Citizenship in Displacement: Policies, Practices and Lived Experiences”, to be held on 25-26 June 2026 in Tangier, Morocco. 

Europe’s demand for workers is growing across a wide range of skill levels, with more than three-quarters of small- and medium-sized enterprises struggling to find workers with the right skills.

It is our pleasure to announce that MACIMIDE researcher Cecilia Schenetti will defend her PhD thesis entitled “Creating and contesting the message – The lifecycle of EU migration information campaigns from Europe to Senegal” on Tuesday, 16 December, at 13:00 in the Aula of Maastricht University. 

We are pleased to share information on the in-person short course on Research Methods in the Refugee and Forced Migration Field by the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI), University of London, that will run in March 2026. Please note the deadline to apply for a place is 6th February 2026. 

This is to share the news about an exciting Roundtable on the Images of Migration and the Ethics of Visual Research on Migration and Social Exclusion that the (B)OrderS Centre will be hosting. 

You are cordially invited to attend the upcoming UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar featuring Senija Mehmedovic, a survivor of the Srebrenica Genocide, who will share her journey from war and displacement to resilience, exploring trauma, identity, and the power of healing through storytelling. 

This collective volume, co-edited by Prof. Lilian Tsourdi together with Dr. Niovi Vavoula and Prof. Valsamis Mitsilegas, offers a contemporary understanding of the state of the art of ‘crimmigration’ with a focus on the European Union and challenges this paradigm of intersecting criminal justice and immigration control.

In this talk, dr. Marta Rawłuszko, assistant professor at the Institute of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Warsaw, will examine contemporary feminist tactics by introducing the concept of ‘illegitimate care’. In particular, she will focus on two case studies: feminist support for migrants at the Polish-Belarusian border and assistance in accessing abortion in Poland. 

We are pleased to invite you to our conference titled: The Future of Return: Towards Long-Term Solutions for Ukrainians Abroad and in Ukraine

The Centre for Migration Law (RU), together with Institute for European Law (KU Leuven) and the Amsterdam Centre for Constitutional. Culture and Democratic Governance (UvA) are pleased to invite paper proposals for the one-day workshop “The Promise of the Pact? What the EU promised but the Pact on Migration and Asylum does not deliver”, that will take place at Radboud University on 22 May 2026. 

1. One in thirty people in Amsterdam is an undocumented immigrant. They are denied the right to health insurance, but they do have the right to healthcare. Nonetheless, many undocumented people do not receive the healthcare they are entitled to. 
2. Health care is a basic human right, so how can it be that undocumented people are regularly denied access to care? Who cares explores the harsh reality of undocumented people living in Amsterdam. A reality in which you can be terminally ill, but still faced with closed hospital doors. 
3. Understanding the need for awareness on this topic, AT5 aired this documentary on their TV-channel multiple times. You can also watch this at: https://beyondbordersmedia.com/portfolios/documentary-who-cares. 

Submit your entry for the 2026 GLOBALCIT – Rainer Bauböck Essay Award on the Global State of Citizenship