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How is knowledge produced, mobilised and acted on in African migration debates? We invite contributions from researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to examine questions that lie at the crossroads of migration research, policy, practice, mobilisation, and engagement. 

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. 

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

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. 

This paper, written by migration researcher Muhammad Wajid Tahir, applies OpenAI and NLP techniques in Migration Studies.

The Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series is inviting poems and short prose focusing on the escalating tragedy of refugee deaths in the English Channel (La Manche).

You are cordially invited to attend the upcoming UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar featuring Mattia Polvanesi who will present a paper titled “Social protection responses to forced displacement: recent approaches and field practices.” 

Are you interested in joining a collaborative team to study women’s migration from Southern Europe and Turkey to France and Germany in the post-World War II era, and the role of work in their trajectories? Passionate about archival research and oral history? Self-motivated and ready to learn new research skills? 

In this article, Prof. Dr. Khalid Koser, Founding Executive Director at Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) and Professor of Conflict, Peace and Security at Maastricht University discusses the Global Investment Risk and Resilience Index.  

In this article published by the Lowy Institute, Prof. Dr. Khalid Koser and Dr. Lilla Schumicky-Logan discuss how leaving detainees stranded in Syria doesn’t reduce risk but instead, can export the very insecurity governments hope to prevent. 

This research webinar will present the preliminary findings of the Research Project “European Birds of Passage – An Empirical Legal Theory of Temporary Labour Migration in Europe” (European Research Council Starting Grant, 2022-2027) which examines how European Union law and national frameworks shape social rights and perceptions of temporary migrant workers.

The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) has published a policy note which assesses the state of play of the implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum.