RESPOND Göttingen

1/ The report on #Frontex accountability that my colleague Bernd (not on twitter) and myself have been working on for several months was published yesterday! It’s a long one, so here’s a thread summarising our key findings.

We are happy to announce the first deliverable of Work Package 2: Border and Migration Controls of the Horizon 2020 Project RESPOND. Please, click here for full access: respondmigration.com/wp-blog/2018/8…

We have developed data on more than 2,000 #immigrationdetention facilities around the world. Explore them using our interactive map >> bit.ly/2ykXXhW

New blog entry by Lena from @CaledonianNews and Bernd from @uniGoettingen. #migrationEU #H2020 responders.crs.uu.se/2018/11/12/a-f…

Blog post on our Austrian team from @oeaw @isr_oeaw #__utma=1.644332775.1516021797.1541497649.1542273701.46&__utmb=1.1.10.1542273701&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1539073436.34.13.utmcsr=t.co|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/BiL4BqSqK4&__utmv=-&__utmk=189677995" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">responders.crs.uu.se/#__utma=1.6443…

New blog entry by Cybele Atme and Joazrina Yusof from @LebanonSupport #RESPOND #H2020 #migrationEU respondmigration.com/blog-1/2018/11…

How are Syrian Families in Turkey Affected by Legal Regimes?  Preliminary Insights from Fieldwork in Istanbul respondmigration.com/blog-1/2018/11…

New article on "Evaluation of irregular migration governance in Turkey from a foreign policy perspective" published by New Perspectives on Turkey by two RESPONDERS Ela Gökalp Aras and Zeynep Sahin Mencutek @elagokalparas @sriist @EU_H2020 cambridge.org/core/journals/…

"Conference on the Occasion of International Migrants Day" at İstanbul Aydın University on December 18, 2018 @AyhanKaya14 @SusanRottmann @IAUKampus #respond_horizon2020 #H2020

In the frame of the global preparation process towards the #GlobalCompact #ForRefugees our team Lebanon Support intensified its knowledge sharing activities at a national and regional level. The round table was organised by JIBAL.org , with the support of the GIZ.

CALL FOR PAPERS #RESPOND #migrationEU We are pleased to announce the call for papers for our conference, "Unpacking the Challenges and Possibilities for Migration Governance," which will take place next October 17-19, 2019 @Cambridge_Uni Submissions: respondmigration.com/conference

📘Our Team Member Zeynep Sahin-Mencütek's book on "Refugee Governance, State and Politics in the Middle East" is out! @Rout_PoliticsIR routledge.com/Refugee-Govern… #respond_horizon2020 #H2020 @EU_H2020

Snapshot #6 In 2011, Germany received 53.347 asylum applications. By 2016, that number had reached 745.545, an all-time high. However, already by 2017 that number had fallen down to 222,683 asylum applications following restrictive measures related to the "EU-Turkey agreement"

Snapshot #5 It is true, however, that we have been seen a rise in asylum application in the same period (2011-2017). The latter in turn, is partly a result of conflicts in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as social unrest, civil wars and economic problems in central Africa.

Stay tuned for some weekly snapshots from our recently-completed report on the legal, institutional and policy context of migration in Germany within the period between 2011-2017). We begin with a few interesting numbers on immigration and asylum in Germany in recent years.