Fortress Europe: an authoritarian-populist construct?

Aitor Pérez. ARI 122/2020 - 30/10/2020.

According to civil society organisations, EU policies concerning vulnerable people in third countries –including migration, asylum and foreign aid– are on a regressive trend. This coincides with the rise of authoritarian-populist parties in European countries.

Refugees welcome? Cross-European public opinion on asylum seekers following the 2015 crisis

Sandra Bermúdez. ARI 119/2020 - 27/10/2020.

This study examines the preferences regarding solidarity and asylum seekers following the 2015 refugee crisis, by comparing different European countries, and how opinions on the issue have evolved over time.

Against 'the other'? Expanding or reducing ‘the other’ in populist mobilisation: the case of refugees

Margarita Gómez-Reino, Hans-Jörg Trenz & Beatriz Acha. ARI 112/2020 - 28/9/2020.

Taking 2015 as a critical juncture, this paper analyses the different trajectories of the politicisation of refugees in the European Union.

Legal challenges and the practicability of disembarkation centres for illegal migrants outside the EU

Arndt Künnecke. ARI 53/2019 - 16/5/2019.

This paper analyses the legal challenges and practicability of establishing of disembarkation centres for illegal migrants outside EU territory.

The European Council and migration: any progress?

Carmen González Enríquez. ARI 112/2018 (English version) - 9/10/2018.

The European Council has come up with a vague agreement, but it has avoided a political crisis and at the same time made more visible the seriousness of the migration challenge to the EU.

Italian and Spanish approaches to external migration management in the Sahel: venues for cooperation and coherence

Carmen González Enríquez, Patrícia Lisa, Asli Selin Okyay and Anja Palm. WP 13/2018 - 20/6/2018.

Italy and Spain face similar challenges in managing migration originating from and transiting through Africa. This paper provides a broad view of the evolution of their migration policies with the aim of encouraging an improved and broadened dialogue between the two countries.

The weaknesses of Spanish emigration

Carmen González Enríquez and José Pablo Martínez Romera. ARI 7/2018 - 24/1/2018.

The Spaniards who have emigrated to other countries since the economic crisis have done so under worse conditions than other recent emigrants from the rest of Southern Europe.

One year on: an assessment of the EU-Turkey statement on refugees

İlke Toygür and Bianca Benvenuti. ARI 21/2017 - 21/3/2017.

An honest assessment of the refugee deal is very much needed since the EU is considering new ones with other transit countries. Both Turkey and key EU countries are facing electoral challenges as well: internal politics and foreign policy decisions are highly interwoven.

After Brexit: Schengen remains in the balance, but the border question should not be neglected

Patrícia Lisa. Expert Comment 31/2016 - 6/7/2016.

2016 can still be remembered as the moment of the successful call for the unilateral reestablishment of national border controls, leading to a progressive decline of freedom of movement in the EU. Another shock to Schengen’s foundations must not be allowed to happen again.

Highs and lows of immigrant integration in Spain

Carmen González Enríquez. ARI 47/2016 (English version) - 13/6/2016.

Spain can boast of having integrated a wave of migrants of singular size and intensity into its society. It is still, however, a long way from the countries where first-generation immigrants and their offspring have secured prominent roles in public life.