Publications

Eurasylum’s reports and publications

This section provides a selection of reports and publications authored or co-authored by Eurasylum, as well as media interviews of Eurasylum staff.

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• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in “Global Policy” (05/04/2023), on the need to reform the UN Security Council

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in “EU Observer” (01/08/2019), on the likely future of EU migration policy under the new European Parliament, Commission and Council

• Interview of Solon Ardittis and other experts in “Open Migration” (02/07/2019), on the likely positions of the new European Parliament in the field of migration policy (in Italian)

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in “The EU Observer” (08/01/2019), on the prominent role of migration issues in the next European elections

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in “The Washington Post” (14/12/2018), on the outcome of the Marrakech summit to adopt the UN Global Compact for Migration

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in “Refugees Deeply” (05/12/2018), on the UN Global Compact for Migration

• Interview of Solon Ardittis and other experts in “The Atlantic” (29/06/2018), on the Trump administration’s immigration policies

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in Euractiv (25/06/2018), on the end of EU migration policy

• Article by Solon Ardittis and Chris Catrambone in ‘Global Policy’ (06/04/2018), on the socio-economic integration of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar (republished in The Dhaka Tribune, 11/04/2018)

• Article by Solon Ardittis in IOM’s Global Migration Data Portal (22/02/2018), on the potential benefits of Blockchain in the field of migration and asylum policy (republished in Refugees Deeply, 26/02/2018)

• Paper by Tony Mercer in IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre’s Data Briefing Series (07/02/2018), on the registration and identity management of irregular migrants in Europe

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis and Chris Catrambone in The Huffington Post (France) (02/02/2018), on the establishment of special zones for refugee resettlement

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis and Chris Catrambone in Thomson Reuters (30/01/2018), on alternative refugee resettlement models (republished in Rights in Exile, 01/03/2018)

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in Europe’s World (21/12/2017), on a two-tier EU immigration and asylum policy

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in Irinnews (18/12/2017), on the uncertainties surrounding the UN Global Compact for Migration

• Paper by Solon Ardittis in IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre’s Data Briefing Series (29/11/2017), on current data issues in relation to African migration to Europe

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Global Policy’ (Durham) (28/11/2017), on some of the persisting challenges in the handling of the refugee emergency in Greece (republished in Refugees Deeply, 01/12/2017)

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Euractiv’ (Brussels) (10/11/2017), on the growing disaffection of civil society with current EU migration policy developments

• Paper by Dr Joanne van Selm in IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre’s Data Briefing Series (09/11/2017), on current data issues in relation to child migration to Europe

• Article by Solon Ardittis in ‘Humanitarian Law & Policy’ (Geneva:ICRC) (07/11/2017), on the EU direct cash grants for refugees in Turkey one year on

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘openDemocracy’ (London) (26/09/2017), on the official termination of the two-year EU Relocation programme

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘EU Observer’ (Brussels) (08/09/2017), on the implications of the ECJ ruling on the EU Relocation scheme

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Euractiv’ (Brussels) (08/06/2017), on potentially innovative measures to disrupt the rise of terrorism in Europe

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘New Europe’ (Brussels) (28/05/2017), on the policy and operational implications of the current rise of terrorism in Europe

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘E!Sharp’ (Brussels) (10/05/2017), on the French Presidential elections and the rise of the National Front (republished in openDemocracy, (17/10/2017)

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Kathimerini’ (Athens) (22/03/2017), on the first anniversary of the EU-Turkey migration agreement

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘The EU Observer’ (Brussels) (05/01/2017), on ways to involve refugees and local authorities in EU decision-making processes

• Contribution to an article on “Must-Read Stories on Refugees from 2016”, in ‘Refugees Deeply’ (New York) (29/12/2016)

• Interview of Solon Ardittis in ‘Dnevnik’ (Ljubljana) (28/12/2016), on Greece and the Dublin system (in Slovenian)

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘openDemocracy’ (London) (16/12/2016), on the concept of ‘effective solidarity’ in the field of EU migration policy

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Kathimerini’ (Athens) (10/12/2016), on the latest European Commission report on Greece’s participation in the Dublin system

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Ethics & International Affairs’ (New York) (14/11/2016), on whether the EU might be renouncing some of its fundamental values in order to better protect its external borders

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘The EU Observer” (Brussels) (26/10/2016), on ways to monitor the fundamental rights implications of the new EU external migration policy strategy

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Euractiv” (Brussels) (25/10/2016), on the EU Migration Partnership Framework

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘World Policy” (New York) (24/10/2016), on recent EU initiatives to protect its external borders

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘The Huffington Post” (France) (07/10/2016), on the future of the EU refugee relocation system

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘ESharp’ (04/10/2016), on recent progress made to address the EU migrant/refugee crisis

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Europp – European Politics and Policy’ (21/09/2016), on ways to reform the EU refugee relocation system after the Bratislava summit

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Global Policy’ (14/09/2016), on the rationale and implications of resuming returns to Greece under the Dublin Regulation.

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Euractiv’ (09/09/2016), on the need to look for solutions to the global refugee crisis beyond central government initiatives and action.

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Refugees Deeply’ (02/09/2016), on the UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in “ESharp” (22/07/2016), on the new EU Resettlement Framework

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘New Europe’ (30/06/2016), on the new European Border and Coast Guard Agency

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Global Policy’ (23/06/2016), on the strategic significance of recent EU initiatives on migrant integration policy and highly skilled migration

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Europe’s World’ (08/06/2016), on the possible need for a public referendum on the future of EU immigration and asylum policy (republished in ‘Europost’, 17/06/2016)

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Global Policy’ (26/05/2016), on new policy leads emerging from the World Humanitarian Summit and the UN High-Level Meeting on migrants and refugees

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Refugees Deeply’ (19/05/2016), on the first World Humanitarian Summit

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘New Europe’ (18/05/2016), on the current scale of the irregular migration threat from Libya

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Euractiv’ (13/05/2016), on the possible collapse of the EU-Turkey migration agreement

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Refugees Deeply’ (10/05/2016), on the establishment of a global resettlement scheme for refugees based in the European Union (republished in ‘The Atlantic Council MENA Source’, 16/05/2016, and in ‘The CGS Monitor’,17/05/2016)

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Global Policy’ (29/04/2016), on the new proposals by the European Commission to reform the Dublin system

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Vocal Europe’ (22/04/2016), on the first progress report on the implementation of the EU-Turkey agreement on refugees

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘New Europe’ (20/04/2016), on the Italian Prime Minister’s proposals to solve the EU migrant crisis

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘The EU Reporter’ (13/04/2016), on EU resettlement and private refugee sponsorship

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Vocal Europe’ (22/03/2016), on the Libyan migrant crisis

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Euractiv’ (11/03/2016), on the draft EU-Turkey agreement on migration

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘New Europe’ (03/03/2016), on the new EU humanitarian aid fund for refugees

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘The EU Reporter’ (05/02/2016), on the possible suspension of Schengen (available in 27 languages)

• Interview of Solon Ardittis in ‘Il Fatto Quotidiano’ (31/01/2016), on the reform of Frontex (in Italian)

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Vocal Europe’ (29/01/2016), on the possible suspension of Schengen

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘EurActiv’ (25/01/2016), on the EU migrant crisis

• Interview of Solon Ardittis in ‘I Epohi’ (24/01/2016), on the EU refugee crisis (in Greek)

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘Euractiv’ (22 October 2015), on the EU migrant crisis (in French)

• Interview of Solon Ardittis in ‘Il Fatto Quotidiano’ (15/10/2015) (in Italian), on the EU migrant crisis

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘La Tribune’ (23 September 2015), on the EU migrant crisis (in French)

• Interview of Solon Ardittis in ‘Il Fatto Quotidiano’ (19 September 2015), on the EU migrant crisis (in Italian)

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in ‘EurActiv’ (17 September 2015), on the EU migrant crisis

• Op-ed by Solon Ardittis in the ‘EU Observer’ (15 September 2015), on the EU migrant crisis

• Interview of Solon Ardittis in ‘Q Code Magazine’ (11 September 2015), on the EU migrant crisis (in Italian)

• Interview of Solon Ardittis in ‘New Business Ethiopia’ (30 April 2015), on the EU migrant crisis

• Assessment of priorities for the development of Libya’s migration policy: A strategic vision, Geneva: IOM and Eurasylum, 2014