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Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · 2d

📢 New Volume of Journal of Refugee Studies, Oxford Academy

𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝟯𝟴, 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝟯, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

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Volume 38 Issue 3 | Journal of Refugee Studies | Oxford Academic

A multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that publishes research that explores the complex problems of forced migration and national, regional and international responses. Coverage includes all categ...

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Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · 16d

📢 Refugee Survey Quarterly has just published the 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝟰𝟰, 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝟯
𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
Check it out: academic.oup.com/rsq/article/...

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Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · 20d

📢Our members Prof. 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮 (𝗟𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻) 𝗧𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗶 (@liliantsourdi.bsky.social ) and Prof. 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘀 have co-edited, together with Prof. Niovi Vavoula, the volume: “𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙐” by Routledge.

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Intertwining Criminal Justice and Immigration Control in the EU

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Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · 21d

📚 The Council of Europe ( @coe.int ) Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, published a report on the 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘸.
He claimed that it "may lead to human rights violations"

📍𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: rm.coe.int/report-on-ex...

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Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · 22d

📢 European Union Agency for Asylum – EUAA, 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘴𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘐𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘕𝘰.𝟥 is out!
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Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · 22d

Today, the Council of the European Union has adopted the 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦 - 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦

Find the text of the Proposal (July 22nd 2025): lnkd.in/dYNxsYRi

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Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · 22d

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Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · 22d

The European Commission 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 on the medium- and long-term objectives of EU migration and asylum policy 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱!
The evidence gathered will inform the first five-year European asylum and migration management strategy to be presented at the end of 2025.
T𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲: lnkd.in/dn-gQtMW

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Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · 22d

💡New article by Tamás Molnár, Project Officer at FRA, Justice, Digital & Migration Unit
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European Commission v. Hungary (Reception of Applicants for International Protection II) No. C-123/22 | American Journal of International Law | Cambridge Core

European Commission v. Hungary (Reception of Applicants for International Protection II) No. C-123/22 - Volume 119 Issue 3

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Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · 22d

If you have missed it out: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

(𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴' 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵)

The European Union, ‘Expulsion of aliens’ and the Return Directive: a repressive or protective framework?

This piece, targeting also international (migration) lawyers who may not be familiar with all the complexities of the European Union (EU)’s return acquis, is centred on the Return Directive (Direct...

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Edward Elgar Publishing @elgarpublishing.bsky.social · Sep 8

📙The Freedom of Movement of Asylum Seekers within the State by Juan Ruiz Ramos

'A compelling monograph on freedom of movement as a fundamental right for asylum seekers and refugees'
-Nicholas Maple, University of London, UK

🔗 Read the intro free: doi.org/10.4337/9781...

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European Policy Centre @epc-official.bsky.social · Sep 8

🔴 #Eurodac is transforming from an asylum database into the backbone of #EUmigration policy.

Virginie Jacob analyses its role in the implementation of the New Pact, its links with #EU return #policy & the need for robust safeguards.

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Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · Aug 4

💡New article by Prof. Meltem Ineli Ciger, member of the Odysseus Network for Turkey: "Rethinking Mass Influx and Derogation in the Age of AI: The Role of New Technologies in Redefining Crisis, Protection and State Obligations".

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Rethinking Mass Influx and Derogation in the Age of AI: The Role of New Technologies in Redefining Crisis, Protection and State Obligations

Abstract. Mass influx refers to the large-scale, sudden arrival of people fleeing humanitarian crises across international borders. Such mass movements pos

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Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 10

Discussion with Dr. Grigoris TSIOUKAS

Deputy Fundamental Rights Officer

FRONTEX

Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 10

Safe country concepts and externalization - current policy examples and European case law from a UNHCR perspective

Fabiane BAXEWANOS

Legal Officer at UNHCR for the EU

Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 10

Border Controls

Prof. Jorrit RIJPMA

DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission

Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 10

Retour, Réadmission & Détention

Maylis LABAYLE

Programme Officer, IOM

Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 9

Protection temporaire

Prof. Alexis MARIE

Université de Bordeaux, France

Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 9

Mécanisme Dublin et Solidarité

Prof. Constantin HRUSCHKA

Freiburg University of Applied Sciences, Allemagne

Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 9

Dublin System & Solidarity

Prof. Francesco MAIANI

University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 8

Labour Migration

Prof. Tesseltje DE LANGE

Radboud University, The Netherlands

Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 8

The instrumentalisation of migration under international law : the case Lithuania v Belarus regarding smuggling before the International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Prof. Dr. Achilles SKORDAS

Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 8

EU agencies

Prof. Lilian TSOURDI

University of Maastricht, The Netherlands

Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 8

Procédure d’asile

Thomas BOMBOIS

Référendaire à la Cour de Justice de l’UE

Odysseus Network @odysseusnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 8

Temporary Protection

Dr. Meltem INELI CIGER

University of Suleyman Demirel, Turkey