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With the start of a new year, the time has come to reflect on what has passed and look towards what is to come in 2017. A shortlist of 5 unmissable articles published by The Broker in 2016 provides a great start.

The new EU migration trust fund's use of development aid and its focus on ‘migration management’ securitizes both development and migration policy and will end up serving neither.

Increasing international management of migration has resulted in diluted state responsibility for policies that can have devastating effects on the ground.

Shelter in the region represents a gap in the protection of refugees, which is in stark contrast with Europe’s professed commitment to human rights and international law.

Can the EU stem migration flows to Europe by supporting agriculture in countries of origin? In some situations, it can. The impact could be particularly large if Europe worked to increase the resilience of the food system and the people in countri...

People will keep moving between countries, as they always have, so European policymakers should focus on making the most of migration.

To effectively deal with migration, the European Union needs to improve its use of extraterritorial jurisdiction in two fields: corruption and international crimes.

Europe’s 2015 political crisis over refugees and migration illustrated the lack of a coordinated approach by the European Union on these issues. Three constraints underpin this lack of coordination: the EU’s system of shared competences, the numbe...

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. One would indeed believe that Europe is...

Humanitarian search and rescue has become an increasingly important component of conflict management. Eugenio Cusumano addresses the innovative Migrant Offshore Aid Station.

Migration is well on its way in becoming the 2015 political theme in Europe and for the years ahead. Although many media sources have covered the issue, more substantial knowledge will be of essential importance in shaping an effective future migr...

The EU migration and refugee crisis has acutely revealed the limits of the Schengen and Dublin systems as well as national reticence to build a European migration and asylum policy. If Europe is not up to the task, can international organizations...

The EU project is haunted by its own failing border regime. Its obsession with repelling outsiders, even leading to their death, is undermining the very principles that allowed its unification in the past and is precipitating its own decline.

In order to provide a clear analysis of current international migration flows and policies, clear definitions are required. The key terms used in debates on migration are outlined below. Some terms are followed by short discussions regarding the u...

The year 2015 marked the greatest influx of Syrians to Europe ever recorded. There is little doubt about the danger of the conflict in Syria as the main driver for emigration, but the motives to migrate to Europe can be debated.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development offers a framework to address today’s complex challenges surrounding human mobility.

Although African migration is not a new phenomenon, migration from Africa to Europe has increased in recent years. What is driving these people to move to Europe right now? When answering this question it becomes clear that effective migration pol...

For the last two decades Libya has been the main starting point for African refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean despite EU supported repressive measures and civil war

As both the largest host of refugees worldwide and a transit country for refugees travelling to Europe, Turkey is one of the main players in the current refugee crisis. Despite several government services to refugees, many decide to move on as the...

As the influx of migrants to Europe unfolds as the biggest humanitarian and political crisis of 2015, European policy-makers are being challenged to come up with unified responses. Currently, they mainly focus on curbing migration&n...;

The Migration Trail living analysis focuses on directions and improvements of European migration policies. To do so it is important to outline first how these policies are embedded within international regulations. This article therefore outlines...

Although African migration is no new phenomenon, migration from Africa to Europe has increased gradually in recent years. What is driving them to move to Europe at this moment in time? When answering this question it becomes clear that effective m...

As the influx of migrants to Europe from Africa and elsewhere unfolds as the biggest humanitarian, political and solidarity crisis of 2015, we are being challenged to formulate unified European policies. However, blind spots along the migration tr...

The EU migration and refugee crisis has acutely revealed the limits of the Schengen and Dublin systems as well as national reticence to build a European migration and asylum policy. If Europe is not up to the task, can international organizations...

The extraordinary opportunity to permeate ‘fortress Europe’ through Libya has serious implications for stability and state consolidation in the Sahel and Maghreb.

Refugee transport is a new and growing industry in Libya, posing difficult questions for European policymakers

Reading today’s newspapers in 10 years’ time we would probably reach the conclusion that the Netherlands is suffering collective short-sightedness.

Migration should be part of a renewed MDG8 – a global partnership for development.

In its report ‘Barely Surviving,’ Human Rights Watch addresses the detention, abuse and neglect of migrant/asylum-seeking children in Indonesia.

Africa’s diaspora is the continent’s greatest offshore asset. An estimated 3.3 million Africans, of whom 1 million come from sub-Sahara Africa, live in EU countries alone. They occupy a strategic position linking the developed North with their hom...

Is circular migration the ‘silver bullet’ for achieving a ‘triple win’ – for the host countries, the migrants’ countries of origin, and the migrants themselves? Reaching a real win–win–win situation will require more than just positive thinking.