Assumptions of ‘safety’ are central to the EU’s new Pact on Migration and Asylum. Much of the debate focuses on whether countries designated as ‘safe’ are truly safe. Visiting Fellows Michelle Pace and Frowin Rausis argue that while this is an important question, it risks overlooking a more fundamental one: what political work does the label ‘safe’ perform in contemporary asylum governance?

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The return of migrants residing irregularly within the EU or whose asylum applications have been rejected – a top priority of EU migration policy – remains a contentious issue. Drawing from the lit...

Contrary to the name, the EU's safe country of origin list is not primarily based on safety considerations. In fact, the EU’s new asylum legislation on ‘safe country policies’ forms part of a system w...

Contrary to the name, the EU's safe country of origin list is not primarily based on safety considerations. In fact, the EU’s new asylum legislation on ‘safe country policies’ forms part of a system w...

Contrary to the name, the EU's safe country of origin list is not primarily based on safety considerations. In fact, the EU’s new asylum legislation on ‘safe country policies’ forms part of a system whose aim is to reject and deport more quickly.

The European Commission has proposed letting member states drop the ‘connection requirement’ from the ‘safe third country’ concept in asylum cases. Gaia Romeo and Frowin Rausis argue this seemingly te...

The European Commission has proposed letting member states drop the ‘connection requirement’ from the ‘safe third country’ concept in asylum cases. Gaia Romeo and Frowin Rausis argue this seemingly te...

In 2021, the Danish Social Democratic government tabled a bill allowing asylum seekers to be transferred to another country to process claims and provide protection. Witnessing a Social Democratic ...

Abstract. Over the past decade, a series of legal changes have intensified Denmark’s temporal governance of refugees. This development reflects a more wide

UN refugee agencies depend heavily on the funding of just a few Western States. While reforming the funding system may help to fulfil the agencies’ mandate and maintain autonomy, preserving their legi...