Timisoara Centre for Migration and Mobility Studies (SISEC)

22/10/2024

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Migrația a devenit o problemă pentru unele state europene, care au reintrodus controlul la frontiere, invocând fluxul uriaș de imigranți ilegali. Profesor universitar și cercetător la Amherst College și cercetător la Harvard, Ruxandra Paul explică de ce migranții sunt indispensabili pentr...

21/10/2018

Am reintalnit bucuros conducerea UVT si fost absolventi. Impreuna sper sa putem sprijini atat UVT cat si Timisoara. Asteptam urmatoarele reuniuni, iar pana atunci ne concentram pe proiecte concrete. Cum ar fi conectarea UVT (studii de securitate si cyber) cu noul proiect al Scolii Doctorale Europene in domeniul PSAC al European Security and Defence College .

12/05/2018

Migration and security nexus - discussion during European Security and Defence Forum, Athens 2018 (11-12 May 2018), with Martin Baldwin-Edwards, Sotiris Livas and Nikolaos Lampas.

5th Panel Discussions: "Migration: a destabilisation factor for the E.U.?"

Moderator: Ovidiu SIMINA, Training Manager at the European Security and Defence College

Speakers: Martin BALDWIN - EDWARDS, Visiting Senior Fellow at Middlesex University, London, External Expert of ICMPD Vienna & Former Director of Mediterranean Migration Observatory at Panteion University

Sotiris LIVAS, Associate Professor in International Relations, Ionian University

Nikolaos LAMPAS, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of International Relations & European Studies, University of Piraeus, & Adjunct Lecturer at the Hellenic Military Academy

02/02/2018

A new role for the Balkans: Solutions for more security and better migration management

Mr Boyko BORISSOV, Prime Minister of Bulgaria, participated in a debate on migration challenges in the Balkans at the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the EU, Brussels, 1 February 2018. An event organised in the framework of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, with the support of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Germany. Ms Lilyana PAVLOVA, minister of the Bulgarian EU-Presidency, presented the priorities for the 1st semester 2018. Mr manfred WEBER, German MEP, joined the discussion with PM BORISSOV, which was moderated by Ms Eva MAYDELL, Bulgarian MEP. Very interesting statements on migration, situation in the region and the role (and future) of Balkans, by the Bulgarian politician, a former police/security professional...

18/01/2018

Over the past two years, 2.5 million first-time asylum seekers applied for protection in the EU. With the EU-wide asylum-recognition rate currently standing at 60%, hundreds of thousands of people will be required to return home again. The chances of them actually going back are slim: in 2016, 42% o...

18/01/2018

The EU has a reputation for setting good standards. During the migration crisis, the humanitarian sector (non-governmental and international organisations) criticised the Union for letting its standards slip. Yet the problem all too often came down to numbers – and their reliability.

18/01/2018

This Chaillot Paper contextualises the dilemmas facing EU policymakers as Europe experienced an unprecedented influx of migrants and refugees in 2015-2016. Analysing and comparing the differing perspectives of external experts and internal practitioners, it examines how the EU’s enlargement, neigh...

17/01/2018

Congratulations, Elizabeth for bringing António and Demetrios together! Good luck, António, for the IOM position!

This MPI Europe discussion in Brussels will bring together two of the most experienced thinkers on migration—António Vitorino and Demetrios G. Papademetriou—to explore what policymakers in Europe and beyond will need to consider over the next years to ensure that the properly managed movement o...

17/01/2018

A very interesting event of MPI Europe, Wednesday 17 January (17.00 – 18.30) at Sofitel Brussels Europe, Brussels

'The State of the World on Migration' with António Vitorino, Portuguese candidate for IOM Director-General and former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs during Prodi's EU Commission, and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, the founder of the Migration Policy Institute. The two experienced thinkers on migration policy discussed about the challenges and opportunities on migration. Discussion facilitated by Elizabeth Collett, founding director of MPI Europe. Congratulations, Elizabeth for bringing António and Demetrios together! Good luck, António, for the IOM position!

Here is the event on the MPI's website: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/events/state-world-migration-vitorino-papademetriou-discuss-challenges-opportunities-ahead

09/01/2018

The journey from refugee to Hollywood icon...

20/09/2017

How does the media on both sides of the Mediterranean report on migration? ICMPD, Vienna, 2017

20/09/2017

Launch of the Observatory of Public Attitudes to Migration (OPAM), 20 September in Brussels, Residence Palace
See event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG0yxIknKTk
Hear question at minute 2:03:50 :) The reply was not provided but Andrew Geddes was open to support future migration-security nexus related training at ESDC ...
Event page at https://www.facebook.com/MigrationPolicyCentre and http://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/event/launch-of-the-observatory-of-public-attitudes-to-migration-20-september-2017-brussels/