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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. 

Abstract: The correlation between rising asylum immigration and the electoral success of far-right anti-immigration parties has sparked concerns about a potential “Democratic Dilemma” – namely, a trade-off between a country’s openness to immigrants and the preservation of democratic institutional quality.

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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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

A new book edited by Fabio Perocco, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Venice and Editor-in-Chief of Inequalities: Journal of Critical Inequality Studies has been published by Routledge. 

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).

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.

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.  

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.”