Sub-Saharan migrants climb over a metallic fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, 2014. Santi Palacios \/Press Association. All rights reserved.We welcome the report by the UN Secretary General In Safety
\nand Dignity: Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants and
\nsupport its recommendation to create a Global Compact for Refugees. It
\nis only through such collective support that effective protection may be
\nachieved.<\/i><\/p>\n
The report affirms that all migrants are entitled to the respect, The report also calls upon states to fund data collection for We share the Secretary General\u2019s condemnation of the policy of Many commentators have suggested that pull factors including generous benefits are attracting migrants to our shores. Our research found virtually no evidence in support of this view. Having collectively undertaken over 1,000 interviews we can attest that motives for migration are much more complicated and cannot be neatly categorised in a migrant-refugee distinction. Above all, it is the absence of safety and a viable future which encourages people to flee. In order to qualify for refugee status, an individual must demonstrate that they have an objective claim of persecution and are unable or unwilling to avail themselves of protection in their home state. Such persecution may be structural and aimed at particular nationalities, ethnic groups and religious communities. However, pockets of repression exist everywhere and individuals may also suffer persecution even if they are coming from so-called \u2018safe\u2019 states.\u00a0 For this reason, it is essential that asylum claims are dealt with in a non-discriminatory manner. We need an adaptable, open and fair system of asylum.<\/p>\n In this context, we share the concerns raised by many human rights Secondly, the newly established \u2018hotspots\u2019, a far-reaching We support the Secretary General\u2019s call to states to find solutions for refugees including providing resettlement spaces and other legal pathways for admission. This is what responsibility sharing means in practice. Our research has found that the current system of reception is failing, in spite of the efforts of UNHCR, the ICRC and their partners. In many reception centres conditions remain sub-standard, and in those centres that do allow non-state actors access, the efforts of local support networks often stand in where a multitude of institutional actors fail. <\/p>\n Moreover, our research indicates that people on the move feel compelled to undertake risky journeys in the absence of legal routes, with many suggesting that they do not have any other option under current conditions. We affirm the British government\u2019s commitment to identifying and protecting vulnerable refugee children, wherever they are. In this context, we welcome the British government\u2019s decision to admit more unaccompanied child refugees from within the European Union and trust that they will move swiftly to provide the protection these children urgently need.<\/p>\n However, we also emphasise that more needs to be done in order to open up safe and legal migratory channels, in order that the tragedies repeatedly witnessed over the past several years do not become a normality of our time.<\/p>\n Near Idomeni, Greek banner reads, "Against the Europe fortress, let's demolish borders and fences." Giannis Papanikos \/ Press Association. All rights reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n Dr Dr. Dr. Martin Professor Professor Dr. Angeliki Dr. Franck Duvell, University of Oxford, UK Professor Dr. Daniel Knight, University of St. Andrews, UK Dr. Dr. Dr. Simon Parker, Professor Joe Painter, University of Dr Ferruccio Pastore, FIERI, Italy<\/p>\n Dr. Dr. Maria Pisani, Dr. Dr. Nando Dr. Vicki Squire, University Dr. Dallal Stevens, University Professor Dr. Professor \u00a0<\/p>\n To arrange an interview with members Sub-Saharan migrants climb over a metallic fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, 2014. Santi Palacios \/Press Association. All rights reserved.We welcome the report by the UN Secretary General In Safety and Dignity: Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants and support its recommendation to create a Global Compact for Refugees. 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\nprotection and full enjoyment of their human rights under core international
\nhuman rights treaties, regardless of their human rights status and emphasises
\nthe need to protect migrants en route<\/em>,
\nat sea and at borders. Our research on migratory routes and experiences records
\nthe precarious journeys refugees undertake in order to reach a place of safety.
\nWe note that some nine out of ten migrants never cross the Mediterranean and
\nthat the world\u2019s refugee populations are largely contained in poor states in
\nthe Middle East and Africa. Hence, we emphasise the obligation of European
\nstates to develop a more humanitarian response to the \u2018crisis\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nfuture migration planning, to protect human rights and to advance inclusion.
\nOur research bears out the importance of data collection for the development of
\nsound policy as well as the need for further research on migration. We note
\nthat while the UNHCR and its partners have sought to coordinate the provision
\nof aid and assistance to refugees fleeing Syria, within the European Union
\nthere has been an absence of joined up thinking, which has undermined the
\nprotection of migrants\u2019 rights for all to see. <\/p>\n
\nerecting fences and walls and criminalising migrants. As our research has
\nshown, the vast majority of arrivals to the European Union are people who have
\nfled war and conflict zones and are in urgent need of safety and international
\nprotection. The mobility controls that have been erected across much of Europe
\nsimply reinforce vulnerability by creating spaces of destitution as we have
\nseen in Calais and elsewhere, situations which never should have been allowed
\nto develop. Rather than promote responsibility sharing, these repressive
\ncontrols reinforce a beggar-thy-neighbour logic within Europe and shift
\nresponsibility onto neighbouring countries such as Greece and Italy \u2014 a point
\ncriticised by the Secretary General, and with which we concur.<\/p>\n
\ncommentators and organisations regarding two worrying developments in
\nparticular. Firstly, the implementation of an agreement reached between the EU
\nand Turkey, which includes forced collective returns, is neither lawful nor in
\ncompliance with the EU\u2019s own Charter of Fundamental Rights. Moreover, Turkey
\nmaintained the geographical reservation to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention which
\nlimits refugee status to those fleeing Europe and cannot be considered a \u2018safe
\nthird country.\u2019 <\/p>\n
\nmechanism of direct EU-level intervention and administration at the local
\nlevel, which also includes closed reception centres to which humanitarian
\norganisations and lawyers are refused entry, often leave individuals without
\naccess to rights to asylum. In effect, the EU is creating an ever-growing
\npopulation of illegally detained refugees, including vulnerable men, women and
\nchildren, who are forced to live in appalling conditions and without recourse
\nto justice. <\/p>\n
\nDia Anagnostou, ELIAMEP, Greece<\/p>\n
\nLeonie Ansems de Vries, King\u2019s College London, UK<\/p>\n
\nAlessio d\u2019Angelo, Middlesex University, UK<\/p>\n
\nBaldwin-Edwards, Middlesex University, UK<\/p>\n
\nBrad Blitz, Middlesex University, UK<\/p>\n
\nSue Clayton, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
\nProfessor Heaven
\nCrawley, University of Coventry, UK<\/p>\n
\nDimitriadi, ELIAMEP<\/p>\n
\nDr Jean-Pierre Gauci, People for Change Foundation, Malta<\/p>\n
\nElspeth Guild, Queen Mary University of London
\nDr. Elisabeth Kirtsoglou, University of Durham, UK
\nProfessor Eleonore Kofman, Middlesex University, UK<\/p>\n
\nDr Iosif Kovras, City University London, UK<\/p>\n
\nSteve Lyon, University of Durham, UK.<\/p>\n
\nNicola Montagna, Middlesex University, UK<\/p>\n
\nUniversity of York, UK<\/p>\n
\nDurham, UK<\/p>\n
\nStavroula Pipyrou, University of St. Andrews, UK.<\/p>\n
\nUniversity of Malta<\/p>\n
\nSimon Robins, University of York, UK<\/p>\n
\nSigona, University of Birmingham, UK<\/p>\n
\nof Warwick, UK<\/p>\n
\nof Warwick, UK<\/p>\n
\nGiorgos Tsimouris, Panteion University Athens, Greece
\nProfessor Nick
\nVaughan-Williams, University of Warwick, UK<\/p>\n
\nAntonis Vradis, University of Durham, UK<\/p>\n
\nEyal Weizman, Goldsmiths, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK<\/p>\n
\nof the group please contact Simon Wesson, Press and Communications Officer,
\nemail: simon.wesson@esrc.ac.uk, telephone:
\n01793 413122.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"