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Migration

Migration is a hotly debated topic on both sides of the Atlantic and impacts elections, policymaking and public opinion on the local, national and European level. How European societies and governance structures will address migration will impact economic growth, national security, demographic change, equality, and social cohesion within Europe. GMF’s work addresses a number of pressing policy challenges in the European context: how to best address rising refugee and asylum numbers in times when the EU Dublin regulations, the Common European Asylum System and border control systems have come under increasing criticism as not being functional; how to offset shrinking workforces in some European Member states, like Germany, when in the foreseeable future EU migration might not be enough to counter shrinking populations and sound mechanisms and policies are needed with third countries for labor migration; the impact of free movement within the EU on labor markets but also national as well as a European identity discourse and public opinion; and how to achieve or maintain social cohesion in European societies addressing questions of integration, inclusion and diversity.

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Tanja Wunderlich Memorial Grant on Immigration and Inclusion

Young Policy Network on Migration

Transatlantic Trends – Public Opinion

Migration Strategy Group on Global Competitiveness

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Partnerships Between Germany and African States on Migration

February 14, 2019 to February 15, 2019
| Berlin
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5
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Second Meeting of the Young Policy Network on Migration

February 5, 2019 to February 8, 2019
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1
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Integration Strategy Group Meeting in Istanbul

June 1, 2016 to June 3, 2016
| Istanbul
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12
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Migration and Foreign Policies, the Search for a Better European Governance

May 12, 2016 | 9:00AM to 5:00PM CEST
| Brussels
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25
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New Ideas, New Solutions? Germany, the Refugee Crisis, and the Importance of Millennials for Integration

February 25, 2016 | 6:00PM to 7:30PM EST
| Washington, DC
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Most Recent Content

Photo Credit: Beata Tabak / Shutterstock

Blog post

The Sahel–a Laboratory of EU Migration Policy

Jul 2, 2020 | By Alberto Tagliapietra
Report

AI, Digital Identities, Biometrics, Blockchain: A Primer on the Use of Technology in Migration Management

Jun 15, 2020 | By Jessica Bither, Astrid Ziebarth

Photo Credit: Yiannisscheidt / Shutterstock

Blog post

Externalizing the Migration Issue is Costly for the EU

Mar 13, 2020 | By Alberto Tagliapietra

Photo Credit: deepspace/ Shutterstock

In the News

Judy Asks: Is Europe Betraying Refugees?

Mar 12, 2020 | By Astrid Ziebarth

Photo Credit: Mike Hardiman / Shutterstock

Transatlantic Take

Conditioning or Cutting Aid Is Not Effective Against Irregular Migration

Dec 12, 2019 | By Timo Tonassi
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