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  • Vacancy: Deputy Editor – Forced Migration Review

    Full time, fixed term (one year in first instance, expectation of renewal subject to funding) 

    Internationally renowned publication Forced Migration Review (FMR) seeks an experienced Deputy Editor. 

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    18-19/03/2022 – In Dialogue: Symposium on the Displacement of Peoples Between Africa and Europe

    Join Indiana University at the IU Europe Gateway in Berlin for a symposium on the transnational dynamics and repercussions of the movement of displaced peoples between Africa and Europe. This two-day symposium seeks to feature scholars, practitioners, activists, members of local refugee communities, and artists in a dialogue that investigates how education, national security, humanitarian aid, social services, policies, economics, children, families, and identities are being impacted in communities in Africa and Europe. 

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    Call for abstracts: Times and temporalities of migrant transnationalism

    For a series of panels at the 2022 IMISCOE conference MITRA invites papers that address migrant transnationalism with analytical perspectives on time and temporalities. The conference will take place in Oslo, Norway, from 29 June to 1 July 2022 and participation can be either physical or virtual. Deadline: 1 December 2021.

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    New Migration Snapshot video on Sweden

    Prof. Siegel’s video looks at the current migration situation in Sweden on the basis of the European Commission Atlas on Migration. Melissa starts by looking at the stocks and flows of migrants in Sweden before moving on to looking at the purpose of residence permits and looking at data on refugee applications. 

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    New Country Case Study on South Africa by Melissa Siegel

    In Melissa Siegel’s new video she looks at the history, policy and current situation in South African Migration. She starts the first video looking at the pre-16th century. 

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    Volunteer Role: Dutch Red Cross Migrant Help Desk

    Over de Functie 
    Wil jij ongedocumenteerde migranten in Nederland ondersteunen met de juiste informatie over onder andere medische hulp, onderdak en COVID19? Word dan vrijwilliger bij de WhatsApp Helpdesk van het Rode Kruis! 

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    Young Ghanaians in Europe travel ‘home’ a lot: why their mobility matters

    Ogden JL. (October 13, 2021) ‘Young Ghanaians in Europe travel ‘home’ a lot: why their mobility matters’. The Conversation. 

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    New video by Melissa Siegel on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking

    In her latest video Prof. Melissa Siegel has sought to establish the difference between migrant smuggling and human trafficking. 

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    17/11/2021 – UNU-MERIT/MGSoG Migration Semiar “Immigration and Welfare State Development in the Long Run”

    Immigration and Welfare State Development in the Long Run 

     

    Dr. Alexandre Afonso, Leiden University 

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    27/10/2021 – UNU-MERIT/MGSoG Migration Seminar “Controlling irregular migration: can a market for Temporary Foreign Work Permits help?”

    Prof. Emmanuelle Auriol, Toulouse School of Economics 

    “Controlling irregular migration: can a market for Temporary Foreign Work Permits help?” by Emmanuelle Auriol,  Alice Mesnard, and Tiffanie Perrault 

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    03/11/2021 – PhD Defence of Marie Labussière on the Educational Outcome of the Children of Immigrants

    Marie Labussière will defend her PhD dissertation “Native born but not yet citizen. Citizenship and educational outcomes of the children of immigrants in the Netherlands” on Wednesday 3 November at 10.00 in the Aula at Minderbroedersberg 4-6. 

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