The paper highlights the challenges in meeting the Commission’s objective of building consensus between member states.

The 2021 MEDAM Assessment Report analyses the major changes proposed by the New Pact, the progress achieved thus far in negotiations, and...

The European Commission is currently finalizing its proposed New Pact on Migration and Asylum to re-start the debate on how to reform the...

Irregular migration from Africa across the Mediterranean to the EU has become a central policy issue.

This article provides the first-ever analysis of the structure of public preferences for asylum and refugee policy, a highly politicized...

The new European Commission will inherit an impasse in efforts to reform the European asylum system as well as concerns about practices in the...

Abstract Managing migration across the EU’s external border requires a comprehensive policy response. For policies to be effective, member...

The EU faces major challenges in asylum and migration policy: reorganize the EU asylum system, secure the external border, curb irregular...

How can the responsibility for refugees be distributed more fairly—globally and within the EU? And how can we curb irregular migration while...

The journal article provides analysis of the structure of public preferences for asylum and refugee policy, a highly politicized policy area...

This paper discusses why and how public attitudes should matter in regulating asylum and refugee protection in rich democracies, with a focus...

The 2022 MEDAM Assessment Report concludes six years of research, policy analysis, and interaction with stakeholders by the Mercator Dialogue...