Ten years since the refugee crisis 2015 – what has changed, and which challenges remain?

Director-General Michael Spindelegger sits for an in-depth, reflective, and introspective interview on the situation in Europe 10 years since the start of what was dubbed the “migration crisis.”

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ICMPD: Susanne Raab elected new Director General

Former Austrian Minister for Women, Family, Integration and Media will take office at ICMPD as of 1 January 2026

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Featured Publication of the Month

ICMPD has published a comprehensive, forward-looking Policy Paper on Charting the future of temporary protection. The Paper outlines seven possible policy scenarios, that the Commission could pursue after March 2026, and analyses EU Member States’ preferences and concerns about the decision of what comes next – especially those hosting large numbers of Ukrainians.

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News

ICMPD, EU Agency for Asylum, partners tackle humanitarian admission, safe resettlement, and legal pathways for Afghans in Europe

10 July 2025

ICMPD’s Migrant Resource Centres (MRC) joined the EUAA in hosting EU Member States, the EEAS and the European Commission, non-EU partner countries, key international organisations and NGOs, and civil society¹ to advance complementary pathways for Afghan refugees.

Students and young professionals from five countries gather in Armenia for ICMPD’s 2025 International Summer School on Migration

09 July 2025

Armenia

ICMPD successfully hosted the 12th International Summer School on Migration on 29 June-4 July 2025 in Armenia.

ICMPD Director General met Bulgaria's Deputy PM and Interior Minister to Member State support, irregular migration, possible migration waves from Iran

03 July 2025

Bulgaria

ICMPD Director General Michael Spindelegger met with Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Innovation and Growth, His Excellency Tomislav Donchev on 24 June 2025.

Budapest Process countries convene in Pakistan, to tackle legal pathways for migration

01 July 2025

Pakistan

Over 60 officials from 16 countries and eight international organisations held the Budapest Process Thematic Meeting on Legal Pathways for Migration in Pakistan. The meeting specifically focused on strengthening the existing policies and pathways for legal migration and labour mobility, setting the strategic foundation for the dialogue's work in the coming years.

ICMPD Director General and Deputy DG meet with Algeria delegation, to strengthen cooperation on migration governance in the Mediterranean

25 June 2025

Algeria

ICMPD Director General Michael Spindelegger and Deputy Director General Sedef Dearing met with His Excellency Rachid Meddah, Director General of Migration Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria on 17 June 2025.

The 2015 refugee crisis 10 years on: 4 million asylum approved - But Europe needs to further improve migration governance

18 June 2025

Marking World Refugee Day and ten years since the so-called 2015 refugee crisis, ICMPD Director General Michael Spindelegger reflected on Europe’s migration journey — a decade marked by real progress towards refugee integration, yet strained by the continued inflow and growing political tensions.

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ICMPD projects

ICMPD has projects in a number of different countries. To find out more about where we work, view the interactive map. 

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