Gatekeeper countries
Cooperation with “gatekeeper countries” – transit countries that can help mitigate the flow of irregular migrants – is a key instrument used by Europe to protect its borders and should be used more consistently by the United States. Such collaboration could prevent millions of people from illegally entering destination countries.
“Beefing-Up” the border: Considering the ANC’s new vigour
The announcement of a new Border Management Authority for the Republic of South Africa has cast a spotlight on the Government’s approach to border control A prime target for sub-Saharan illegal immigration, South Africa is also increasingly affected by the trafficking of drugs, weapons, and other contraband.
Europe’s Bastion: The Role of Morocco in the Migration System of the Western Mediterranean region
The staff of the Migration Research Institute, Tárik Meszár and Klaudia Tóth, conducted field research in the Kingdom of Morocco in the spring of 2023, during which they examined the role of the North African country in the migration system of the Western Mediterranean region. Their findings indicate that Morocco plays a key role in the migration system of the Western Mediterranean region, since, in addition to being an issuing country, it is also a destination country for many sub-Saharan African migrants.
“Islamophobia”, or is it Permissible to Criticise Islam?
Due to terrorist attacks and failures of integration in Western societies, the tension between majority social groups and Muslim immigrants is increasing, which often leads to verbal and physical violence.
The Oversized Role of Title 42 in U.S. Southwest Border Security
Even before the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued its first order under Title 42 of the U.S. Code directing the expulsion of illegal migrants at the Southwest border in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, Trump administration policies had allowed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to gain a significant level of operational control at the U.S. Southwest border. The Biden administration quickly reversed nearly all those Trump policies and instituted a de facto “non-detention” regime for illegal entrants, violating congressional mandates and encouraging a surge in illegal migration. That migrant surge had left Border Patrol agents increasingly helpless to stop drug and migrant smuggling into the United States.Limen
Further Externalization of EU Migration Policy: The Reinforced Gatekeeping Role of North African States
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May 29, 2024
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Th e externalization of the migration policy of the European Union has been practiced for several decades. Moving the EU’s migration border control outside the EU appears as a guiding principle in the draft of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum presented by the European Commission in the fall of 2020. One of the central elements of the pact is the promotion of migration partnerships with third countries bordering the EU. North African states are the primary focus of cooperation efforts.
Aid activities of Hungary Helps in the Middle East
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May 21, 2024
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The Hungary Helps Agency is a governmental, non-profit organization under the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Affairs. Through this initiative, the Hungarian government is able to provide effective assistance to Christian and other communities in difficult situations. This paper examines the organization’s programs in the Middle East, as it is known that Hungary Helps carries out projects in countries and territories such as Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine. Thanks to the organization’s activities, the perception of Hungary in these countries is positive, and one can often find appreciative articles and posts on Arabic-language websites. In the following, we present the most important developments and aid activities in the aforementioned states, without claiming to be exhaustive. The paper also examines the extent to which the agency’s assistance has led to changes in the lives of the communities mentioned, and describes how the communities supported feel about Hungary Helps’ activities. Despite the fact that Hungarian migration policy has received a lot of criticism during the last decade, in this paper we want to present the positive results of the Hungarian policy of local support and give more insight into the so-called concept of externalization.
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L’immigration comme remède potentiel à nos difficultés démographiques et économiques ?
Is immigration a potential remedy for our demographic and economic difficulties?
Despite its contested effects on national cohesion, immigration is sometimes presented as a necessary evil to rebalance the age pyramid of the population and thus ensure the financing of pension schemes. Others argue that immigration would be a source of economic growth and that its effects on the wages of the native population would be negligible. We examine what is the situation.
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