Frowin Rausis

🔔 Do not miss this upcoming event in Geneva on 16 September.

Brilliant scholars -
@danghez.bsky.social, @petramolnar.com, and @idcoalition.bsky.social - launch a new report, discussing whether technology are alternatives or extensions of detention.

In person and online participation. More info 👇️

Brilliant paper for researchers and students working with migration data by the talented @samdschmid.bsky.social

The EU’s quiet shift toward an ‘(un)safe fourth country’ asylum policy The European Commission has proposed letting member states drop the ‘connection requirement’ from the ‘safe third country’ concept in asylum cases. Gaia Romeo and Frowin Rausis argue this seemingly te...

The #EU Commission has proposed letting member states drop the ‘connection requirement’ from the ‘safe third country’ concept in #asylum cases.

@gaiaromeo.bsky.social and I argue this seemingly technical tweak marks a major shift — toward an ‘(un)safe fourth country’

@ecprtheloop.bsky.social 👇️

The EU’s quiet shift toward an ‘(un)safe fourth country’ asylum policy The European Commission has proposed letting member states drop the ‘connection requirement’ from the ‘safe third country’ concept in asylum cases. Gaia Romeo and Frowin Rausis argue this seemingly te...

The EU has proposed letting member states drop ‘connection requirement’ from the ‘safe third country’ asylum concept
@gaiaromeo.bsky.social & @frowinrausis.bsky.social argue this marks a shift toward an ‘(un)safe fourth country’ approach that some have already - unsuccessfully - tried
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The idea of #externalizing asylum is gaining traction within Europe.

I explain why Denmark, as first European state, passed a bill to outsource asylum and how the Social Democratic government justified their U-turn.

#openaccess @wepsocial.bsky.social👇️

Out of sync: temporal governance and agency in refugee families with temporary protection status in Denmark Abstract. Over the past decade, a series of legal changes have intensified Denmark’s temporal governance of refugees. This development reflects a more wide

New paper: Out of Sync, Journal of Refugee Studies demonstrates how the temporal governance of Denmark's immigration policies affect refugee families, creating well-founded fear of separation from close kin. #temporaryprotection #refugee
Open Access🎁enjoy. doi.org/10.1093/jrs/...

Hintergrund zur UNRWA -Debatte auf www.defacto.expert/2024/12/02/u...

The parliaments in the Netherlands and Switzerland just decided to cut funding for the UNRWA. What implications will this have? We discuss this matter in our latest blog piece www.defacto.expert/2024/12/02/d...

Credit: © UNHCR/Colin Delfosse Caption: Cash distribution to displaced people after floods in N'djamena, Chad, 2023. Description: Two hands exchange cash, a light coloured tile floor and dark yellow curtain in the background.

Join us for our launch event for our latest issue ‘Financing displacement response’!

Date: 12.12.24

Time: 13:00 London / 14:00 Geneva / 16:00 Addis Ababa / 19:00 Dhaka / 08:00 New York.

To register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#Refugees #Displacement #Funding #Financing

Like many other European social democratic parties, Labour is moving right on immigration, certainly driven by the recent success of Reform. We have researched this question for years now. There is an abundance of evidence of why this isn't a good strategy. A thread summarizing some of our research

An updated and complete list #2 of 150 social scientists of international migration, broadly defined, is now available

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Breakdown of Home Office costs associated with the MEDP with Rwanda and the Illegal Migration Act 2023

UK Rwanda scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, which never actually sent any asylum seekers to Rwanda, cost £715 million (US$904 million)

www.gov.uk/government/p...

Have a read at our latest blog post on @defactoexpert.bsky.social
We discuss the implications of a suspension of Swiss payments to the UNRWA, currently debated in the parliament.
@frowinrausis.bsky.social
@lutzphilipp.bsky.social

www.defacto.expert/2024/12/02/d...

Defunding UNRWA: What is at stake? - @maudbachelet.bsky.social, @lutzphilipp.bsky.social, @frowinrausis.bsky.social

The Swiss Parliament may suspend its contribution to UNRWA. Maud Bachelet and her colleagues look back at what is at stake in such a decision.

www.defacto.expert/2024/12/02/d...

UN refugee agencies: vulnerable funding structures and a looming legitimacy crisis - Forced Migration Review UN refugee agencies depend heavily on the funding of just a few Western States. While reforming the funding system may help to fulfil the agencies’ mandate and maintain autonomy, preserving their legi...

UN refugee agencies face risks of instrumentalisation and disengagement by donor states. @maudbachelet.bsky.social, @lutzphilipp.bsky.social, and I argue in FMR that they must navigate their vulnerable structure and a looming legitimacy crisis

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