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FMR 51 - Foreword: Banking on mobility over a generation

Dec 19th, 2015 4m 39s

Europe need not renounce its freedom of movement: it should instead develop a better controlled mobility regime. It would then, in effect, much better control its borders.

FMR 51 - Migrants, refugees, history and precedents

Dec 19th, 2015 6m 5s

There is much about earlier migration crises that today’s European policymakers might profitably recall.

FMR 51 - Refugee protection in Europe: time for a major overhaul?

Dec 19th, 2015 11m 53s

A number of myths surrounding refugee protection may obscure our understanding and complicate the search for solutions, but there are also clear and realistic possibilities for change in the EU’s body of law to enable better outcomes for states

FMR 51 - Simplifying refugee status determination

Dec 19th, 2015 1m 54s

There is a persuasive case to be made for simplifying refugee status determination in the European Union.

FMR 51 - Arrivals on the island of Lesbos, summer 2015

Dec 19th, 2015 4m 36s

Lesbos, population 85,000, received more than 85,000 refugees and migrants in 2015 up to the end of August.

FMR 51 - It need not be like this

Dec 19th, 2015 9m 38s

Creating space for smugglers and failing to provide humanitarian assistance are European failures. Opening legal routes to Europe could deal with both.

FMR 51 - The Mediterranean challenge within a world of humanitarian crises

Dec 19th, 2015 8m 49s

While the high number of migrants and refugees arriving in Europe in 2015 has increased pressures and tensions, this is not a crisis beyond the capability of Europe to manage together as a Union. While the high number of migrants and refugees

FMR 51 - A network of camps on the way to Europe

Dec 19th, 2015 7m 15s

While makeshift camps, such as those that have proliferated around Europe, may form spaces of resourcefulness and agency which cannot be accommodated in state-run detention camps, none of these temporary spaces is a definitive solution.

FMR 51 - Trickery in Dublin’s shadow

Dec 19th, 2015 5m 47s

Border practices at the Italy-Austria border are part of a wider trend of questionable practices used by EU Member States which render irrelevant both the Schengen Agreement and the Dublin Regulation.

FMR 51 - Abuses at Europe’s borders

Dec 19th, 2015 12m 15s

Refugees and migrants have been regularly subjected to widespread rights violations by officials at some European borders. The EU needs to allow more legal avenues for people seeking protection to reach Europe safely.

FMR 51 - Melilla: mirage en route to Europe

Dec 19th, 2015 5m 49s

Among those who have reached Melilla, there seems to be no consensus as to whether they see themselves as being in transit in Europe or still in Africa.

FMR 51 - Search and rescue in the central Mediterranean

Dec 19th, 2015 8m 53s

Although people are aware of the risks of the sea crossing, nothing can really prepare them for the experience.

FMR 51 - Safety, rescue at sea and legal access

Dec 19th, 2015 6m 46s

If it is to live up to its own values, the EU needs to step up search-and-rescue operations in the Mediterranean and open up legal means for access to protection in Europe in order to avoid the need for risky journeys across the Mediterranean.

FMR 51 - Migrant arrivals and deaths in the Mediterranean: what do the data really tell us?

Dec 19th, 2015 8m 50s

The policy and media gaze focuses on numbers of migrant arrivals and deaths. There are problems in the data for both categories.

FMR 51 - Irregular migration by sea

Dec 19th, 2015 6m 15s

Irregular migration by sea is not a solely Mediterranean phenomenon.

FMR 51 - Afghan and Somali (post-)conflict migration to the EU

Dec 19th, 2015 9m 38s

There are invisible drivers of migration for Afghans and Somalis to Europe, caused by decades of conflict. Although officially considered as ‘post-conflict’, the reality is very different.

FMR 51 - Understanding why Eritreans go to Europe

Dec 19th, 2015 6m 52s

Why do Eritreans risk their lives on perilous journeys to Europe? Why they don’t stay in neighbouring countries where they could get safety and protection?

FMR 51 - No option but Europe

Dec 19th, 2015 2m 34s

Asylum seekers’ stories point to the need for effective protection for refugees and to facilitate greater opportunities to access it, both within Europe and beyond.

FMR 51 - Iraqi refugee households in Jordan: the active search for solutions

Dec 19th, 2015 5m 6s

For Iraqi refugees in Jordan the decision to leave for Europe is very much influenced by the experience of waiting in the region.

FMR 51 - Tragedy on the way to Europe: a perspective from Africa

Dec 19th, 2015 7m 55s

As Europe grapples with the challenges of responding to the arival of large numbers of migrants, it is vital to keep in mind that the people involved have not left their homes and countries for no reason. Many of them would rather have stayed a

FMR 51 - EU cooperation with third countries: rethinking concepts and investments

Dec 19th, 2015 10m 38s

Despite ‘externalising’ its immigration agenda, the EU has largely failed to develop a coherent and effective overall strategy, to the detriment of migrants and would-be asylum seekers.

FMR 51 - The road more travelled? Onward movement of asylum seekers and refugees

Dec 19th, 2015 9m 44s

The phenomenon of onward movement creates formidable challenges for states, asylum seekers and refugees, and the international protection system as a whole.

FMR 51 - European Union readmission agreements

Dec 19th, 2015 10m 16s

The use of readmission agreements has prompted a debate on their compliance with international law, in particular the provisions on protection for refugees and asylum seekers.

FMR 51 - A coast-guard officer’s perspective: reinforcing migration through legal channels

Dec 19th, 2015 5m 16s

Given that we cannot always rescue refugees or economic migrants in danger at the EU’s maritime borders, efforts are needed to reinforce legal channels for migration to Europe and to prevent refugees and migrants being exploited by criminal net