Video Event Detection
Video is a medium that is rich in information and has a strong temporal dimension: is typically depicts events that unfold in time. For this reason, recognizing the events depicted…
Migration Movements on the Western Balkans Route
The movement trend of persons who try to cross or have crossed a state border illegally largely depends on the economic, political and social situation in the world.Due to the…
Increasing Numbers of Irregular Border Crossings
Irregular border crossings to the European Union increased significantly in 2022, as FRONTEX – the EU’s border agency – noted a rise of 64% from the previous year estimating “around…
Human Trafficking Does Happen in Europe Too
The European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT) is a permanent security initiative running in a four-year cycles and driven by EU member States to identify, prioritize, and address threats…
Has the Migration Discussion been Reframed in the Media and the European Public? A Multilingual Analysis of the Stance Shift in Europe During the Ukrainian Crisis
The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine created a large wave of refugees fleeing the country. Four months after the start of the war, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported 5.1M…
Current Geopolitical Situation in Europe and its Impact on Migration
At the initiative of the European Commission, Frontex personnel – only deployed at the borders between Western Balkan partners and the European Union’s external borders – will be deployed at…
Understanding the Vulnerability of Migrants
Geopolitical events have a constant impact on the movement of people. The most recent example is the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has resulted in the displacement and migration of…
2021 IOM Report on Missing Migrants: Human-Centric Migration Policies Needed to Ensure Safe Migration
A report published by the International Organization for Migration´s Missing Migrants Project in October 2022 “documented more than 3,400 deaths on migration routes to and within Europe in 2021, the…
Frontex Reports an Increase in Irregular Entries to the European Union in the First Half of 2022
According to Frontex, “in the first half of 2022, there were about 114,720 irregular entries to the European Union, according to preliminary calculations. This is about 84% more than in…
The War in Ukraine: EU Migration and Asylum Policies Need to Learn from the Conflict and Improve
This article was written by Prof. Christos Kassimeris, International Relations, Centre for Risk and Decision Sciences (CERIDES). The war in Ukraine has caused almost 14 million people to flee their…