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With our very own Theofanis Exadaktylos and Evgenia Iliadou a new blog for Protect The Right to International Protection reflecting on the 70th anniversary of the right to international protection. Very relevant in light of developments in UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

Our work on Protect The Right to International Protection with Evgenia Iliadou and Theofanis Exadaktylos here with the work of many other colleagues marking World Refugee Day

Have you applied to join us in September? If so, we're running an online Applicant Day TOMORROW (Saturday 20th March) where you can meet some of our students and take part in a Taster session with our Head of UG Admissions Dr Alia Middleton.

Check out your invitation emails and we look forward to seeing you there!

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This week our Centre for Britain and Europe celebrated the award of a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. Come and find out more about what we do here:

Centre for Britain and Europe | University of Surrey We conduct research on Britain and Europe and how this impacts the lives of Surrey residents, with the aim to educate and inform the local community.

Our very own Thefoanis Exadaktylos and Evgenia Iliadou, reflecting on the disaster in last night from our "PROTECT: The Right to International Protection" project regarding the disaster in :

"As much as the Greek state tries to present the fire and misery that unfolded as an unpredictable event and a state of emergency, this disaster was preventable, foreseeable and, therefore, foretold and avoidable. It is the outcome of a series of inadequate and patchy political decisions as well as the largely exclusionary, discriminatory and deterrent policies that have been implemented within and beyond the EU’s borders."

Disaster Foretold: Refugees in Moria at risk after fires. What now, EU? - PROTECT The Right to International Protection The crisis in Moria was preventable, foreseeable, and, therefore, foretold and avoidable. Two Surrey researchers address the recent fires in the greek refugee camp Moria.

The Department of Politics is proud to announce the award of a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for the Centre for Britain and Europe, on "Open Doors and Building Bridges" looking at post-Brexit renewal. Congratulations to our team!

Our own Dr. Theofanis Exadaktylos comments on the State of the Union and if the is a moment for the to establish our European common fate through policy , projects and closing gaps

The State of the Union – or, where the EU was in January 2020 Dr Theofanis Exadaktylos, Reader in European Politics, University of Surrey, Co-editor, Journal of Common Market Studies Annual Review How much is the European Union and its vision shaped by the EU’s own crises and the collective experiences of its member states? Since 2008/9, the combination of t...

Politics Head of Department Professor Amelia Hadfield writes about NATO's response to Covid-19

Our own Prof Amelia Hadfield has written for Encompass about NATO's response to Covid-19: http://ow.ly/e5Tt50zpmaB

Britain Rues the Waves? UK Foreign & Security Policy Post-Brexit Join us for an evening in conversation with Professor Amelia Hadfield.