Moving Europe Beyond Crisis
Europe faced its worst refugee crisis since the Second World War, with more than 1 million people applying for asylum in 2015 and 2016. As the systems that were designed to manage these flows were under intense pressure—not least the Common European Asylum System (CEAS)—the international community needs new ideas to manage mixed flows and create sustainable long-term solutions for refugees.
To address these knowledge gaps, MPI Europe invested in a series of research and data reports, commentaries, data tools, and multimedia primers to shed light on ongoing policy debates and offer innovative solutions.
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Cracked Foundation, Uncertain Future: Structural weaknesses in the Common European Asylum System
Structural deficiencies embedded across every stage of the Common European Asylum System long predated the 2015–16 migration crisis, and legal reform alone cannot resolve them.
Scaling up Refugee Resettlement in Europe: The role of institutional peer support
Peer support can motivate European states to scale up refugee resettlement, but poorly aligned goals and mismatched participants limit its effectiveness.
Turkey-Style Deals Will Not Solve the Next EU Migration Crisis
The EU-Turkey deal is a poor template for future migration challenges, as rising flows from Turkey, Libya, and Ukraine would strain the bloc's weakest asylum systems.
Borderline Irrelevant: Why reforming the Dublin Regulation misses the point
EU focus on Dublin Regulation reform sidesteps deeper questions about the Schengen Agreement's future, national asylum capacity, and political will to share responsibility.
EU Migration Partnerships: A work in progress
The European Union's 2016 Migration Partnership Framework is a step forward. But a deep mismatch between EU goals and partner-country interests threatens its effectiveness.
Beyond Transactional Deals: Building lasting migration partnerships in the Mediterranean
Migration partnerships built on shared objectives and legal channels—such as the Spain-Morocco arrangement—prove far more durable than enforcement-first transactional deals.
Legal Channels for Refugee Protection in Europe: A Pivotal Moment for Strategic Thinking
Following the release of the mid-term review of the European Agenda on Migration, this webinar offers insights from EU Member States on how existing, new, and untapped legal pathways interact with other humanitarian policies, and fit into a larger protection strategy.
The Role of Think Tanks in Times of (Migration) Crisis: A Transatlantic Perspective
As European policymakers and publics continue to grapple with the migration crisis, this conversation offers an opportunity to reflect on the role and responsibility of experts in these politically sensitive debates.
Tracing the channels refugees use to seek protection in Europe
Europe cannot reliably track how refugees arrive, but available data point to irregular entry as dominant and resettlement as covering only 1 in 10 protection decisions.
Engaging Communities in Refugee Protection: The potential of private sponsorship in Europe
Private refugee sponsorship can expand legal pathways to protection and improve integration, but European programmes must resolve three core design tensions to succeed.
