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institutions and non-governmental stakeholders in the
EU and countries of first asylum. Field surveys are done in
three countries of first asylum for refugees, namely Kenya,
Tunisia and Pakistan, and will add to the knowledge and
the assessment of resettlement practices of refugees from
countries of first asylum to the EU. The project is co-funded
by the EU.
Migration in the Mediterranean and cIS
countries (MIGMEdcIS)
The overall objective of the project is to bring together
international and interdisciplinary research teams for the
purpose of forming a network for research and transfer
of knowledge in the area of international migration. The
project is co-financed by the EU.
Migration phenomena are similar across the world and
there are many tools to investigate them that can be used
successfully in various geographic areas. Promoting a
universal scientific approach, the project is going to circumvent
the geographical and political fragmentation of
this study area, focusing instead on commonalities across
three migration systems. These are: EU – Mediterranean
countries; Russian Federation – Commonwealth of Independent
States (CIS) and Georgia; and EU – CIS, including
EU – Russian Federation and EU – other CIS and
Georgia.
Gulf labour Mobility and Migration (GlMM)
In cooperation with the Gulf Research Centre (Dubai and
Geneva), the Migration Policy Centre seeks to expand
the CARIM system of observatory into the countries of
the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which together
with the North America and the EU are the world’s largest
areas of immigration. Activities will include setting
up a database containing statistics, legislations and policy
documents; implementing strategic policy research on the
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most relevant matters; creating and maintaining a network
of experts; and organising research seminars (the Annual
Gulf Research Meeting at the University of Cambridge).
Acp observatory on Migration (AcpoM)
The Migration Policy Centre is a member of the African,
Caribbean and Pacific Observatory on Migration, led by
the International Organization for Migration and financed
by the EU. It coordinates two research studies on ‘Internal
Displacement and Rights of the Displaced in Haiti’ and
‘Facilitation of Intra-Regional Labour Migration in the
ECOWAS Region’. The first study aims to define the needs
of Internally Displaced Persons in Haiti in the aftermath
of the earthquake of January 2010, in terms of rights and
human development. The second study examines labour
migration within the Freedom Area of the ECOWAS and
aims, in particular, at strengthening the labour migration
components in development policies.
Migration Summer School
Since 2005, this yearly event is co-financed by the EU
and has been co-organised with the University of Florence.
It offers advanced training in migration studies to
professionals, administrators and researchers working in
the field, focusing on the EU and its neighbourhood. The
School analyses the interactions of the regions of origin
and the regions of destination; migration policies and the
regulation of migration; and processes of integration. The
School explores the critical elements of international migration,
the integration of immigrants in the destination
country, and the problems generated in the country of
origin. Participants are encouraged to translate perceived
societal problems into social scientific research questions,
and to contribute to the solution of these problems by
combining insights from demographic, economic, legal
and sociological approaches.