In the last decades the number of refugees from conflict regions in Africa increased dramatically. West Africa is the cradle of migration from Sub-Saharan Africa to Europe, were most African migrants with overseas destinations live. The European Union shares dual responsibility for the...

In der internationalen migrationspolitischen Debatte werden Städte zunehmend als Hoffnungsträgerinnen betrachtet, weil sie schnelle, wirksame und nachhaltige Lösungen für flucht- und migrationsbezogene Probleme finden müssen - diese Einschätzung ist allerdings nach wie vor strittig. Aus...

This book provides an insightful analysis of the looming refugee and mixed migration crisis in the context of four major, contemporary flows: two in west and east Europe, and one each in the Americas and Asia. The analysis, in each case, is followed by a judicious identification of the key...

In the last two decades, European countries, while working for the establishment of a Common European Asylum System (CEAS) to harmonise the legal frameworks of the member states and establish common minimum standards, have rather pursued domestic goals at times, imposing restrictive policies on...