Zooming in on Migration and Asylum | TRAFIG – Transnational Figurations of Displacement

Background

A number of EU-funded Horizon 2020 research and innovation projects focus on migration and asylum, issues which remain at the top of the agenda for European policymakers and publics alike. In this new webinar series, we join forces to expand our collective knowledge base on some of today’s most pressing dynamics, including protracted displacement, the notion of crisis in the field of migration and asylum, internal displacement, refugee-driven solutions, and alternatives to current migration governance. The series aims to facilitate evidence-based discussions and action at multiple levels.

TRAFIG, ADMIGOV, MAGYC, and MIGNEX are co-organizing the webinar series. We invite other H2020 projects in the field of migration and displacement research to contribute as well. Please contact us, if you wish to provide insights from your project.

The Format

With its launch back-to-back with the World Refugee Day 2020, this webinar series draws upon the research teams involved in different H2020 projects and their respective findings. The webinars will be held once a month starting in June 2020, with the lead rotating between partners. Each 90min-webinar will be conducted via the webinar platform Zoom. The audience can pose questions via the Q&A format.

The Programme

#1: Doing research on migration and asylum. Responsibilities and limits. 30 June 2020, hosted by TRAFIG

#2: How The Pandemic Changed Migration Governance As We Knew It. 25 August 2020, hosted by MAGYC

#3: Access to Europe: Governing the entry of third-country nationals in the European Union. 29 September 2020, hosted by ADMIGOV

#4: Comparing Crises: Lessons from ‚Migration Crises‘ in the European Neighbourhood. 27 October 2020, hosted by MAGYC

#5: Does development drive or curb migration? Implications for policymaking. 24 November 2020, hosted by MIGNEX

#6: Refugee responses to ongoing displacement. 15 December 2020, hosted by TRAFIG

#7: Labour migrants and their contractual and working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. 26 January 2021, hosted by AdMiGov

#8: A Pact with the Devil? Robust Border Management and the EU’s New Pact on Migration. 31 March 2021, hosted by MAGYC

#9: Ensuring comparability in cross-national research on migration. 25 May 2021, hosted by MIGNEX

#10: Investing in refugee networks to strengthen complementary pathways. 29 June 2021, hosted by TRAFIG

#11: Revisiting protracted displacement – policies, mobility and agency. Launch of a Forced Migration Review special feature. 14 December 2021, hosted by TRAFIG

#12: Ties that bind? Opportunities and pitfalls of migrants’ international networks 18 January 2022, hosted by TRAFIG

#13: The governance of exit regimes and sustainable reintegration post-exit, 25 January 2022, hosted by AdMiGov

#14: Labour market integration of people fleeing war in Ukraine: Expectations, challenges and opportunities 29 March 2022, hosted by SPRING and TRAFIG

Registration

You can register for the webinar series here. You will receive a confirmation email upon registration.

Livestream and recordings

All webinars will be livestreamed via YouTube. Follow the TRAFIG YouTube channel for all past recordings and upcoming livestreams of Zooming in on Migration and Asylum.

#14: Labour market integration of people fleeing war in Ukraine: Expectations, challenges and opportunities

29 March 2022, 15:00 – 16:30 CET

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Over 3.6 million people have fled Ukraine since 24 February, with most heading to neighbouring European Union countries, and many more will be displaced as the conflict continues. The EU’s Temporary Protection Directive was unanimously activated, granting benefic... Read more

#13: The governance of exit regimes and sustainable reintegration post-exit

25 January 2022, 13:00 - 14:30 CET

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The return of irregular migrants has become in recent years an increasingly urgent matter for the EU and its member states. In this webinar we shall present some findings from the AdMiGov project that examined the working of different exit regimes across the... Read more

#12: Ties that bind? Opportunities and pitfalls of migrants’ international networks

18 January 2022, 13:00 – 14:30 CET

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Migrants are embedded in networks of family, personal and professional connections, and they form new networks during and after migration and displacement. This webinar will explore the role that these international networks are playing, and can play, in creati... Read more

#11: Revisiting protracted displacement – policies, mobility and agency

Launch of a Forced Migration Review special feature

14 December 2021, 15:00 – 16:30 CET

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Coined nearly 20 years ago, the concept of ‘protracted displacement’ highlights two aspects of contemporary displacement. Firstly, and reflecting the protracted nature both of conflicts and of persecution i... Read more

# 10: Investing in refugee networks to strengthen complementary pathways

29 June 2021, 13:00 – 14:30 CET

Complementary pathways have garnered increasing interest by policy makers in the last five years. The Global Compact on Refugees raised high expectations by lifting up complementary pathways as an additional third-country solution, alongside the traditional three... Read more

#9: Ensuring comparability in cross-national research on migration

25 May 2021, 13:00 – 14:30 CET

Migration research benefits from comparative analyses across countries, communities or groups. But comparability can be a vexing issue, in both methodological and conceptual terms.

At the level of research design, what are feasible and meaningful units of compar... Read more

#8: A Pact with the Devil? Robust Border Management and the EU’s New Pact on Migration

31 March 2021, 13:00-14:30 CET

Cooperation on migration and asylum has presented itself as one of the biggest policy challenges to the European Union. From Dublin Regulations to the heavy policy of externalization following the Syrian Civil War via Hotspots and readmission agreements with third... Read more

#7: Seasonal migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

26 January 2021, 13:00 - 14:30 CET

The Covid-19 pandemic dramatically changed the situation of temporary labour migrants in the agricultural sector all through Europe. Besides border closures inhibiting arrivals as well as departures from home, unsafe housing, travel and working conditions recei... Read more

#6: Refugee responses to ongoing displacement

15 December 2020, 13:00 - 14:30 CET

With continued record levels of displacement across the globe, solutions in the true sense of the word remain elusive for many. This webinar will explore different strategies that refugees and IDPs are using to respond to displacement-related challenges. Speak... Read more

#5: Does development drive or curb migration? Implications for policymaking

24 November 2020, 13:00 CET / 12:00 GMT

Background

Migration and asylum issues remain at the top of the agenda for European policymakers and public alike. In this webinar series, Zooming in on Migration and Asylum, a group of EU-funded Horizon 2020 projects, ADMIGOV, MAGYC, TRAFIG and MIGNEX... Read more

#4: Comparing Crises – „Migration Crises“ in the Middle East and North Africa

27 October 2020, 13:00 - 14:30 CET

The narrative of „crisis“ has been dominant in European discourses on migration in recent years. Migration, especially South-North movement towards the EU is often associated with a diverse set of political, social, economic and security risks. This perception... Read more

#3: Access to Europe: Governing the entry of third-country nationals in the European Union

29 September 2020, 13:00- 14:30 CET

With a view to contributing to the discussion on the EU’s “New Pact on Migration and Asylum”, the webinar examines these questions and presents the findings of research undertaken on “Entry Governance” of the Advancing Alternative Migration Governance (AdMiGo... Read more

#2: How the Pandemic changed Migration Governance as we knew it

25. August 2020, 13:00 - 14:30 CET

Two months after the first COVID-19 cases had been reported in China, WHO declared a pandemic on March 11th, 2020, due to the alarming levels of spread and severity across the world and the alarming levels of inaction. In the midst of the pandemic, the MAGYC... Read more