The 31st report by Fondazione ISMU: 5.9 million foreign nationals lived in Italy in 2025, including ~340k irregular migrants, in line with previous years. Sea arrivals were stable at 66k, but at least 1,342 people died or went missing in the Central Mediterranean.
www.ismu.org/comunicato-s...
Submit your essay by 31 March 2026 for the @globalcit.bsky.social – Rainer Bauböck Essay Award.
This award is sponsored by the funds of the City of Vienna 2023 Prize in Humanities and Social Sciences awarded to Rainer Bauböck for his work on citizenship and democratic theory.
How do institutions communicate about #migration?
With @jamesrdennison.bsky.social & @mcduarte.bsky.social, we built a database of migration communication campaigns in Europe.
We’re expanding it now. Do you know a campaign? Please take this 1-min survey.
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The 22nd Migration Summer School in Florence (22 June–3 July 2026): 10 days of applied research, case work, and cross-sector exchange with the @mpc-eui.bsky.social at the @eui-eu.bsky.social.
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Since the beginning of 2026, at least 606 people attempting to reach Europe in search of refuge have been reported dead or missing in the Mediterranean, marking the deadliest start to a year in more than a decade.
www.iom.int/news/30-migr...
Greece is working with four EU countries (Germany, Austria, Denmark, Netherlands) to establish "return hubs" in non-EU states for rejected asylum seekers, as the bloc moves ahead with stricter deportation rules under its new migration framework.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6995...
This comes shortly after 27 states of the Council of Europe agreed to change how the European Convention on Human Rights is applied, urging tougher action on the borders, and a joint @theguardian.com op-ed by Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen and the United Kingdom’s Keir Starmer calling for reform.
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Good interview of @politico.eu with Michael O’Flaherty, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe.
www.politico.eu/article/refo...
In my new article I suggest that even well-intentioned films about migration often frame it as chaos, crisis, danger, and disruption.
This is misleading because most international migration is regular and safe.
academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
This has probably been the most entertaining research project I’ve ever worked on thanks to many great conversations with friends and colleagues.
The database is available here: datawrapper.dwcdn.net/aiSfx/68/
I would love suggestions on how to expand this work.
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Migration in films is portrayed as crisis-driven, irregular, dangerous, and in the Global North: a “spectacle of human mobility” and a “North-bound bias.”
In reality, most migration is regular, safe, and refugee-hosting and migration-receiving countries are largely in the Global South.
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How does cinema shape how we think about migration?
In my new article I analyse 410 films, documentaries & TV series from 1940–2024 to explain how migration is represented on screen.
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academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
Thanks a lot, Cas. I think the high number of requests, especially in this period of the year, has to do with the many fellowship programmes we have. Your suggestion on urgency helps me put things in perspective.
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It may be difficult to implement for requests from project partners that come with some sense of urgency, but it is a very good suggestion for requests from younger researchers.
I know that @casmudde.bsky.social does something similar with international office hours.
Thanks Sonia!
Original data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey and organised by @migrationpolicy.bsky.social to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth and explore the characteristics of the Black immigrant population in the United States.
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Question for colleagues who are a similar stage in their career: how do you handle requests for “a quick call” from possible project partners and younger researchers?
I receive around ten of them every week. If I accepted all of them, most of my working time would turn into calls.
Great teaching experience at this year’s Migration Governance course for the @eui-stg.bsky.social with the @mpc-eui.bsky.social: an open-minded, collaborative group, superb TA and guest lecturers.
Each student analysed one migration policy: explore the dataset at datawrapper.dwcdn.net/o10S7/12/
The new EU return proposal creates a legal basis for “return hubs” in third countries, which would let states deport people to unrelated countries if an “agreement or arrangement” with those states is secured.
@bernd-parusel.bsky.social on @verfassungsblog.de
verfassungsblog.de/a-draconian-...
Last year, O'Hare International Airport in Chicago might have been the busiest airfield in the US (and, consequently, of the world) taking the honor from Atlanta.
A news for researchers of international mobility @tobigrohmann.bsky.social @deutschmann.bsky.social.
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
Belgian Migration Minister Anneleen Van Bossuyt announced that she is exploring plans to send undocumented people convicted of a crime to third-country prisons as part of efforts to escalate deportations of irregular migrants and ease prison overcrowding.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Companies including Palantir and Deloitte have collectively reaped more than $22bn from contracts linked to Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown.
www.ft.com/content/c741...
That's a great reference, I did not know it.
I agree, but I also think that the goal should be improving existing mechanisms and ensuring that they work without the significant delays and risk of arbitrariness that are currently built into the system.
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I personally approach these issues with attention to what can be responsibly and realistically pursued under non-ideal conditions. Of course, I have great respect the position of others who place greater emphasis on ideal principles and long-term moral aspirations.
28.01.2026 15:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0True, although in my opinion it would be even better to create stable regularisation mechanisms rather than one off measures introduced through government decree.
28.01.2026 08:12 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0Considering what happened the last few weeks, I am surprised a majority of Republicans in the US still has « a great deal » or « quite a lot » confidence in ICE.
27.01.2026 21:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I have not followed this particular case, but many people seem to be outraged. In Italy it is quite common for academics to go into politics (e.g. Romano Prodi, Enrico Letta, Domenico Fisichella...).
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Sánchez (PSOE) is bypassing Congress to proceed by Royal Decree from the Council of Ministers.
The move, announced ahead of Tuesday’s crucial omnibus decree on pensions and housing, appears aimed at securing Podemos’ support, a crucial coalition partner.
The measure stems from a Popular Legislative Initiative (#RegularizacionYa) backed by 700,000 signatures and supported by parliament with 310 votes in favor and 33 against by the far-right Vox party.
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The Spanish government announced a regularisation for 500,000 people.
Successful applicants get a 1-year residence permit, leading to permanent status. Applicants must have lived in Spain 5+ months with a clean criminal record.
www.euractiv.com/news/spain-t...
