The aim of the paper is twofold. First, to outline the relationship of the EU and Turkey in the field of irregular migration and present the main drivers that underpin the relations from 1999 to 2017. While acknowledging that emphasis on irregular migration is given particularly post-2011, the paper argues that the dynamics characterising the relationship between Turkey […]
Within the context of Pakistani migration, the case of Greece as a critical pathway for migratory flows to Europe during the last few years acquires a special interest. For a large group of Pakistani migrants Greece has become an important destination country: immigrants started arriving in the country in the 1970s so as to work […]
While the problem of irregular crossings and the tragic loss of human life witnessed recently is not new in the Mediterranean, the geopolitical context within which this happens is quite different from what it was in 2006 when the Canary islands crisis took place, with 26,000 arrivals in one year. Since then arrivals along the western Mediterranean […]
Events of the last three years have breathed a new air of urgency in the EU regarding not only the management of irregular migration and asylum but also on the issue of maritime arrivals. Since the Arab Spring, the maritime borders are once more in the spotlight, receiving thousands of irregular arrivals annually coupled with […]
Professor Anna Triandafyllidou published the article: ‘Multi-levelling and externalizing migration and asylum: lessons from the southern European islands’ in Island Studies Journal (vol.9, no. 11, pp 7-22). The Journal is open access and you can read and download the article here. Abstract: Southern European countries have come to constitute the most vulnerable external border of the […]
The term ‘transit’ is a particular one in immigration research. Its different aspects and dimensions, its importance in relation to Greece as well as the country’s position in the ‘map’ of irregular migration, are the focus of the new book: Greece: the case of migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The book is authored by […]
IRMA Background report: Greece Author: Anna Triandafyllidou ELIAMEP and EUI With the cooperation of the IRMA Project Research Team, notably Angeliki Dimitriadi, Michaela Maroufof, Panos Hatziprokopiou, Eda Gemi, Marina Nikolova and Kleopatra Yousef.
The IRMA project is informed by the wider theoretical framework of globalization studies which point to the erosion of the sovereignty and independence of the nation state. Globalization is a multi-faceted and multi-level phenomenon: economically it involves the elimination of countries’ trade boundaries and the development of global multinational corporations. At the cultural level it signifies to […]
