Protection
Millions of people around the world have been displaced from their home, and many from their home countries. A large share of displaced persons face long-term, precarious situations while seeking a sustainable solution. ICMPD’s Policy Unit is investigating the multifaceted challenges related to displacement, working to enhance our collective understanding of diverse displacement situations as well as the policies and practices that can improve responses in the quest for solutions. ICMPD’s Policy Unit places a focus on protection policies in Europe while keeping an eye on developments beyond the region.
2025
- Commentary - How can development actors scale refugee labour mobility? September
2024
- Working paper - EU policy framework on irregular migrants April
2023
- Study - Challenges related to the reception of unaccompanied children from Ukraine in Poland – legal representation issues
- Study - Understanding and Supporting Female Immigrant Labour: Comparing the Cases of Jordan and Norway
- Study - Guardianship Solutions and Services for Unaccompanied and Separated Children under Temporary Protection in the EU: The case of Ukrainian children
- Policy brief - Germany’s Western Balkans Regulation: Inspiration for facilitating refugee labour mobility? July
- Commentary - Can the EU Talent Pool drive complementary pathways to the EU? June
- Infographic - Complementary labour pathways
- Infographic - Potential refugee labour pathways to five EU countries June
- Policy brief - Tapping displaced talent: Policy options for EU complementary pathways May
- Mapping - Complementary labour and education pathways for people in need of protection March
- Commentary - A perfect storm of crises: Why refugee-hosting countries need more support March
- Discussion paper - Responding to displacement from Ukraine: Past, present, and future policies March
- Commentary - Displacement, integration, and return: What remote work possibilities for Ukrainians? February
2022
- Blog article - How diasporas can help tackle protracted displacement August
- Event takeaways - 5 takeaways on non-EU pathways to protection amid conflict in Ukraine July
- Policy brief - Creating a way out of the maze: Supporting sustainable futures for displaced persons June
- Practice note - The missing link: Promoting refugees’ skills-based mobility within Europe June
- Commentary - Could disruptions to Eastern European wheat spur displacement in Africa? May
- Blog article - Non-EU Pathways to Protection for Ukrainians: Complementary Pathways Gain Significant Momentum May
- Policy handbook - Strengthening policy responses to protracted displacement April
- Policy brief - People First – New Solutions to the Challenge of Displacement April
- Podcast - Ukrainian refugees in the EU – what you need to know now March
2021
- Policy brief - Moving on: How easing mobility restrictions within Europe can help forced migrants rebuild their lives December
- Commentary - Investing in refugee talent October
- Policy brief - Outward and upward mobility: How Afghan and Syrian refugees can use mobility to improve their prospects September
- Blog article - Forced displacement in 2021: much to commemorate, little to celebrate July
- Commentary - Connecting the dots: Understanding community sponsorship as a network June
- Policy brief - The promise of an EU approach to community sponsorship June
- Policy brief - Starting up and starting over: How networking can enable refugee entrepreneurs to regain livelihoods in East Africa June
- Policy brief - Networks and mobility: A case for complementary pathways June
- Policy brief - Leveraging networks to overcome displacement: Urban internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo February
2020
- Blog article - The New Pact: Supporting or constraining mobility out of protracted displacement?
- Blog article - Asylum reception during the pandemic: How can systems become more resilient?
- Study - Climate change and migration: Legal and policy challenges and responses to environmentally induced migration July
- Commentary - COVID -19 & MIGRATION - Refuge in the time of corona April
- Working paper - Learning from the past. Protracted displacement in the post-World War II period February
- Policy brief - Governing protracted displacement: What access to solutions for forcibly displaced people? January
- Working paper - Governing protracted displacement: An analysis across global, regional and domestic contexts January
- Report - The Asylum Appeals Procedure in Relation to the aims of European Asylum Systems and Policies January
2019
- Report - Creating lawful opportunities for adult refugee labour market mobility
- Commentary - In search for a vision of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) June
- Commentary - Scenarios on Responsibility Sharing for International Protection June
- Blog article - Refugees and the labour market: the role of skills in facilitating access April
- Commentary - Skills based complementary pathways to protection – an area of policy relevance? April
- Commentary - Bridging refugee protection and development February
2018
- Commentary - Negotiating the Common European Asylum System’s third generation – stubborn on vision, flexible on details… May
- Commentary - What remains 'common' in the “European Asylum System” if Dublin fails? April
- Commentary - Reporting on Trafficking in Human Beings April
2017
- Commentary - Can complementary pathways live up to expectations? November
- Commentary - Past and current burden- and responsibility sharing and arrangements July
- Policy brief - Past, Present and Future Solidarity: Which Relocation Mechanisms Work and Which Do Not? June
- Commentary - Crisis-driven mobility: What do migrants have to say? May
- Commentary - Cities as the 'centre stage' for combating discrimination and safeguarding human rights of migrants May
2016
- Commentary - Lessons from a Migration Policy Crisis November
- Commentary - Reforming Europe’s common asylum system – will member states back it? April
2015
- Commentary - 2015 in review: how Europe reacted to the refugee crisis December
- Commentary - Distribution key: When, who and where to? September