Category Archives: Migration

Jun 15 2021

The Weaponization of Laïcité Against Muslims: Pushing More Towards Extremism

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Posted in: France, Migration

By Tanzila Jamal In the last decade, France has seen particularly devastating terrorist attacks with incidents such as the Nice truck attack in 2016 sustaining a death count of nearly 84 people, the series of stabbings at the Notre Dame … Continue reading →

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Jul 23 2018

The nationalist Italian government is a challenge to the Church

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Posted in: Democracy, Europe, Italy, Migration, Nationalism

By Alessandro Franzi The new Italian government, formed by the Five Stars Movement and the League, also poses a challenge to the Catholic Church. However, it is not only its populist tones that create a division between State and religious … Continue reading →

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Apr 30 2018

Brexit and migrant voters: Conservative support in London wards

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Posted in: Brexit, Elections, Europe, Migration, United Kingdom

By Joachim Wehner English local elections on 3 May take place as migrants might be finding a less divided political voice than at any time since the vote in favour of leaving the European Union (EU). The 2016 Referendum created … Continue reading →

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Dec 16 2017

Governing Migration: The Responsibility of European Society and the Limits of Morality

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Posted in: Europe, Migration

By Federico Nicolaci Contemporary mass migration patterns and dynamics pose an entirely new set of questions that European leadership should urgently articulate and answer. It is not easy: the issue is highly contentious and countries have different views as to … Continue reading →

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Jul 27 2017

How the Migrant Crisis is Pushing Italy Away from Europe

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Posted in: Europe, Italy, Migration

by Alessandro Franzi Immigration is going to be the political battleground of the next Italian general elections due in 2018. Virtually all major political leaders have hardened their position on borders protection following the new migration crisis in the Mediterranean. … Continue reading →

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Jul 12 2017

Renaissance or Decline? Europe‘s Crisis of Solidarity

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Posted in: Euro, Europe, Migration

By Federico Nicolaci It is plain, and painful, to see: Europe’s existential crisis, which broke out almost eight years ago, far from gradually finding its solution, is worsening month by month. Not without a certain amount of irony, the disintegration … Continue reading →

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Oct 27 2016

The EU-Turkey Deal: Ambiguities and Future Scenarios

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Posted in: Europe, Germany, Migration, Turkey

By Pınar Dinç and Irem Aydemir  The Arab Spring started the fire in 2011, and ever since the whole MENA region has been in turmoil. The civil war in Syria has quickly become a global one with the ongoing war … Continue reading →

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Aug 11 2016

How reliant is Britain on EU migrant workers?

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Posted in: EU ref, Europe, Migration, United Kingdom

By Catherine Harris Brexit – the UK vote to leave the European Union – has caused uncertainty in a number of areas. One of which is the impact that potentially reduced immigration will have on the British economy, particularly in … Continue reading →

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Jul 4 2016

On Brexit & Control

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Posted in: EU ref, Europe, Migration, United Kingdom

By Tom Gaisford The EU referendum result was not a triumph for democracy, so much as a symptom of large-scale manipulation. For all the discord and unrest it has unleashed, it may at least serve to enhance global awareness of … Continue reading →

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Jun 2 2016

EU Migrant Workers’ Welfare Rights: the New Fair Game

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Posted in: Europe, Migration

By Alessio Colonnelli Political success will be measured by how many EU economic migrants one manages to put off – a race to the bottom gradually spreading across Europe. Four months before succumbing to leukaemia, Guido Westerwelle conceded his last … Continue reading →

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