The temporary financialisation of refugees in Greece
Cash Assistance Programmes offer financial support to asylum seekers. This blog examines the impact of the cash card scheme on refugee’s lives.
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Decentering the Refugee Crisis: Racialized Displacement in Berlin and Paris- Part 2: Urban Scale
In the second part of this blog, we examine the ways through which Germany and France have adopted various strategies of refugee management.
Decentering the Refugee Crisis: Racialized Displacement in Berlin and Paris- Part 1: Global and Regional Scales
Unpacking the ‘refugee crisis’ trope, we argue that refugees are unfairly blamed for social problems in their countries and cities of relocation.
Immigration, refugees and the politics of crisis
By focusing on the ‘perception’ of immigration Streeck’s recent SPERI paper was a missed opportunity to present progressive solutions to […]
New SPERI paper by Wolfgang Streeck: ‘Exploding Europe: Germany, the Refugees and the British Vote to Leave’
In a new essay for SPERI leading German political economist and sociologist Wolfgang Streeck analyses Britain’s vote to leave the […]
The Coming Crisis: The migrant crisis and the future of the European project
The economic, political and social consequences of failing to respond effectively to the migrant crisis risk accelerating European disintegration Digesting […]
A letter from Lesvos
The inspiring humanity of many ordinary European citizens in the face of the refugee crisis contrasts shockingly with the limited […]
Finding the money: financing Europe’s refugee and migrant crisis
The UN warns the humanitarian aid system is ‘being stretched to breaking point’ The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reports […]