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Manon Tiessink

Manon Tiessink

Manon is a project officer at The Hague Institute for Global Justice. Previously, she worked as a junior lecturer at the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies of Leiden University where she taught the introductory courses Development Studies and Cultural Analysis from September 2012 to January 2013. In addition, she worked as an intern assisting UNHCR’s Head of Office in The Hague with refugee protection and asylum matters until the end of January 2013. Since 1 February 2013, she has been working for the Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law at The Hague Institute for Global Justice. Her main fields of interest are International migration, migration policy, refugees, international development, globalization, qualitative research/social sciences and cultural analysis

Moving Global Action on Migration and Refugees Forward: A Need for Innovative Partnerships

Images of Syrian children sleeping in the streets of Brussels and Belgrade illustrate the complete chaos and inhumane conditions at refugee and reception centers throughout the capital cities of Europe. It begs the question of whether Europe is, indeed, facing a ‘refugee crisis’. Rather, it appears that Europe faces a migration and refugees ‘management crisis’.

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