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Cörvers, F., Reinold, J., Chakkar, S., Bolzonella, F. and Ronda, V. (2021) Literature review labour migration: An exploratory study into the shortages of qualified personnel at the upper secondary vocational level and the possibilities and limitatations of employing migrants. WODC. 

EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market-oriented immigration to Germany starting in May 2011. Taking into account that not all immigrants stay permanently and that outmigration flows are selective, this paper classifies recent EU immigrants into “new arrivals” and “stayers” drawing on administrative social security data (2005-2017). This novel strategy allows us to separately identify their potentially opposing short- and medium-run effects on labour market outcomes in Germany. We find a transitory negative wage effect among natives, particularly at the bottom of the wage distribution; and a permanent positive effect on native full-time employment. 

There is a vacancy to develop a PhD project related to the themes of “Care Matters.” This research agenda explores how the labour of caring for a home is changing along with increasingly mobile and partial practices of dwelling. This labour has normally been assumed as an obligation of owning and occupying housing, yet it becomes difficult to accomplish as more and more dwellers do not follow a traditional model of a static and persistent home. 

Sayed, N., Sadat F., and Khan H. (2021) Will the Taliban’s Takeover Lead to a New Refugee Crisis in Afghanistan. Migration Information Source. 

Labussière, M., Levels, M., and Vink, M. (2021) Citizenship and education trajectories among children of immigrants: A transition-oriented sequence analysis. Advances in Life Course Research. 

Sophie Withhaeckx has been involved in an expert panel on the topic of transnational adoption in Belgium. 

Dr Sonja Fransen has received a Comprehensive Innovation grant from UNU-MERIT to study ‘Climate Vulnerabilities in Refugee Camps’. The two-year research project will provide empirical insights into the vulnerabilities of refugee camp locations and camp residents to climatic events, both rapid and slow onset, and identify and evaluate innovative policy strategies that can be used to reduce these vulnerabilities. 

EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market-oriented immigration to Germany starting in May 2011. Taking into account that not all immigrants stay permanently and that outmigration flows are selective, this paper classifies recent EU immigrants into “new arrivals” and “stayers” drawing on administrative social security data (2005-2017). 

In this newest video Melissa Siegel looks at the support being offered to people who supported foreign governments in Afghanistan. 

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

The University of Lausanne (UNIL) is a leading international teaching and research institution, with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, individual recognition and responsibility. The Faculty of Social and Political Sciences covers the main branches of social and political sciences, constituting the bases of an interdisciplinary knowledge of the interactions between the collective and individual dimensions. The faculty supports a joint research program with the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS) to foster synergies between the two institutions. 

On the 14 September 2021 at 10-11.30am CEST [4-5.30pm (Singapore Time)], Prof. Valentina Mazzucato, a member of the MACIMIDE Executive Board, will take part in a roundtable discussion on ‘Migration Futures and Transnational Scholarship.’