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European Futures

Scotland’s academic blog on Europe, from the Edinburgh Europa Institute

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Empirical Socio-Legal Research on the EU’s Externalisation of Asylum: Amalgamating Texts and Refugee Artworks?

Berfin Nur Osso Doctoral candidate at the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Law. LL.B. and Minor degree in International Relations (Koç University, Istanbul), MSocSc in International Relations and Political Science …

17th August 2022 admin-euro
Crowd waving Ukrainian flag

Sleeping BEaUty – The Revival of the EU Temporary Protection Directive

Ms Jannicke Martin, Candidate, LLM in Human Rights Law 2021/22, winner of the EU Asylum and Immigration Law Prize 2022, University of Edinburgh Introduction Faced with the reality of mass …

24th June 2022 admin-euro

Asylum-seekers’ and refugees’ access to healthcare in Germany and the UK

Asylum-seekers’ and refugees’ access to healthcare in Germany and the UK Sioned Ellis, MSc Public Policy, University of Edinburgh Asylum-seekers and refugees (ASRs) are particularly vulnerable to a number of …

13th April 2022 admin-euro

Asylum-seekers’ and refugees’ right to work in Germany and the UK

Sioned Ellis, MSc Public Policy, University of Edinburgh Recent events such as Brexit and the German federal election, combined with current and incoming migratory pressures like the Taliban’s takeover of …

10th February 2022 admin-euro
Copenhagen scene

Could the current strict Danish migration policy serve as an example for the EU, or does it undermine a common EU migration approach?

Jacob Jung Frellesvig, MSc International Relations, University of Edinburgh Through strict migration policies, Denmark seems to have developed a migration model that ensures a high employment rate for migrants along …

19th January 2022 admin-euro
Icy landscape across lake

Differentiated integration: A solution to the EU’s Minimum Wage Dilemma?

Alexander Evison, MSc Public Policy, University of Edinburgh Whilst the Covid-19 pandemic has shown the vital importance of low-paid workers to the European Union’s (EU) economic survival, it has also …

19th January 2022 admin-euro
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2nd interdisciplinary PhD Workshop : Security & the European Union

A virtual workshop to allow ECRs to present their Papers and receive feedback from discussants, via Zoom given Covid restrictions on travel to Edinburgh. On 22nd April 2021, we gathered …

2nd November 2021 admin-euro
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Aid to Compensate the Damage Caused by Exceptional Occurrences: The Limited Usefulness of Article 107(2)(b) TFEU in the Times of the Pandemic

Dr Dionysios Pelekis  –  Teaching Associate, School of Law, Nottingham University   Ever since early 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has been a very trying period for all. Beyond the untold and …

28th October 2021 admin-euro
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The Proposal for a new pre-entry screening procedure at the EU external borders – lessons learned?

By Levin Fischer, LLM in European Law, Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh Winning entry for the EU Immigration and Asylum Law Prize 2020/2021 The European Commission presented the Proposal …

24th September 2021 admin-euro

How to Make Money and Alienate People: COVID-19 and the Rule of Law in the Western Balkans

Alexander Mesarovich, PhD Candidate, University of Edinburgh Despite renewed focus of the European Union (EU) on the rule of law (ROL) during the accession negotiations of the Western Balkans (WB), …

17th September 2021 admin-euro

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