How can the EU balance solidarity and responsibility in migration policy?
TEPSA European Council Experts’ Debrief April 2023

Migration has made another appearance in the March EUCO conclusions after a much-awaited come-back to the EUCO summit in February. A series of recent events has made the return of this item to the agenda virtually inevitable. With the debate on search and rescue at sea revamping, the number of victims hitting another record high, and the end of the legislature looming, the migration clock keeps ticking and responding to the demands for European solutions cannot be eluded.

Reconnecting emergency responses to long-term adaptation needs
Recommendations to the 2023 European Humanitarian Forum

Recommendations elaborated during two warm-up consultations held in February 2023 on the effects of climate change co-organised by the Egmont Royal Institute for International Affairs and DG ECHO in the lead-up to the 2023 European Humanitarian Forum.

"Asymmetric Interstate Solidarity and Return Sponsorship"

Journal of Common Market Studies, early view

Should member states be allowed to choose their form of contribution in a solidarity scheme? And, if so, should return sponsorship be one of the contributions allowed? Building on normative theories of solidarity in the EU, this article argues that return sponsorship should be rejected both because it does not further solidarity among member states and because the rights of rejected asylum seekers set a strong presumption against it.

Policy brief on access to healthcare
IOM Coordination Office for the Mediterranean

Policy brief published in the framework of Includ-EU, a project funded by the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (DG HOME).