by Nadine Livaditi, Ilias Aggelos | University of the Aegean
The panel brought together RESPOND team members from five countries (Turkey, Lebanon, Greece, Italy, Poland) who discussed respective findings and developments regarding legislation, policy measures and practices on border management and refugee protection, and, most importantly, their implementation on each country’s legislation. Although some countries…
Read Moreby Karen Rahme | Lebanon Support
Lebanon’s nation-wide lockdown meant to protect residents, and mitigate the spread of COVID-19, has disproportionately affected the socio-economic conditions of vulnerable populations. The global health crisis has notably compounded the detrimental results of a collapsing economy. For Syrian refugees, already struggling in terms of freedom of movement (or lack thereof), all the while living under the extreme poverty line, home confinement has only worsened livelihoods and living conditions, and further constrained already restricted access to public services.
Read Moreby Sabine Hess, Bernd Kasparek, Jelka Günther | University of Gottingen
Shortly after the 5th anniversary of the events in the summer months of 2015, when the March of Hope of refugees and migrants from Budapest to the Austrian border went down in history as the so-called European “refugee crisis”, the panel (Five Years after: The European Refugee Crisis and the Political Response” /RESPOND final conference) brought together high-level policy makers, practitioners and researchers to discuss…
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