Felix Peerboom
@felixpeerboom.bsky.social
PhD candidate & lecturer in international refugee- and EU asylum law
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social|MT Maastricht Centre for European Law & JM Chair in EU Migration Law and Governance|researcher @ensured.bsky.social|member IJRL Case Law Editorial Team
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social|MT Maastricht Centre for European Law & JM Chair in EU Migration Law and Governance|researcher @ensured.bsky.social|member IJRL Case Law Editorial Team
👨🏫 I am very grateful to have been allowed to present our (@liliantsourdi.bsky.social @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social) @ensured.bsky.social research report "Transforming Global Migration Governance Through and Beyond the Global Compacts" at the Instituto de Relações Internacionais PUC-Rio last week.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
👨🏫 I am very grateful to have been allowed to present our (@liliantsourdi.bsky.social @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social) @ensured.bsky.social research report "Transforming Global Migration Governance Through and Beyond the Global Compacts" at the Instituto de Relações Internacionais PUC-Rio last week.
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Uganda has passed one of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world and is described as a living hell for lgbtq+ people. Meanwhile, the Netherlands strikes a deal with the Ugandan government to send rejected asylum seekers there.
September 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Uganda has passed one of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world and is described as a living hell for lgbtq+ people. Meanwhile, the Netherlands strikes a deal with the Ugandan government to send rejected asylum seekers there.
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Opinie: De universiteit is geen talkshowtafel
Opinie: De universiteit is geen talkshowtafel
www.volkskrant.nl
September 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Opinie: De universiteit is geen talkshowtafel
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📚 UN Global Compacts on Migration & Refugees: Where do they stand today?
New report from @felixpeerboom.bsky.social, @liliantsourdi.bsky.social & @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, with support from Andrey Makarychev.
🧵 A quick thread:
New report from @felixpeerboom.bsky.social, @liliantsourdi.bsky.social & @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, with support from Andrey Makarychev.
🧵 A quick thread:
Transforming Global Migration Governance Through and Beyond the Global Compacts - Research Report | ENSURED
The UN’s Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees create room for dialogue, but remain non-binding and underfunded. With limited political will for reform, their role will likely be confined to forum...
www.ensuredeurope.eu
September 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
📚 UN Global Compacts on Migration & Refugees: Where do they stand today?
New report from @felixpeerboom.bsky.social, @liliantsourdi.bsky.social & @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, with support from Andrey Makarychev.
🧵 A quick thread:
New report from @felixpeerboom.bsky.social, @liliantsourdi.bsky.social & @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, with support from Andrey Makarychev.
🧵 A quick thread:
🚨 Excited to share the publication of our @ensured.bsky.social report
✍️ In the report @liliantsourdi.bsky.social, @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, and I analyse the effectiveness, robustness, and democratic credentials of the UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees
For those interested, see:
✍️ In the report @liliantsourdi.bsky.social, @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, and I analyse the effectiveness, robustness, and democratic credentials of the UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees
For those interested, see:
Transforming Global Migration Governance Through and Beyond the Global Compacts - Research Report | ENSURED
The UN’s Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees create room for dialogue, but remain non-binding and underfunded. With limited political will for reform, their role will likely be confined to forum...
www.ensuredeurope.eu
September 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🚨 Excited to share the publication of our @ensured.bsky.social report
✍️ In the report @liliantsourdi.bsky.social, @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, and I analyse the effectiveness, robustness, and democratic credentials of the UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees
For those interested, see:
✍️ In the report @liliantsourdi.bsky.social, @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, and I analyse the effectiveness, robustness, and democratic credentials of the UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees
For those interested, see:
👀 The latest batch of IJRL case law summaries has been published
✍️ For those interested in recent judicial developments, have a look at the summaries prepared by our team through the link below
🤝 ... And as always, if a decision comes out in your country that should be included, please reach out!
✍️ For those interested in recent judicial developments, have a look at the summaries prepared by our team through the link below
🤝 ... And as always, if a decision comes out in your country that should be included, please reach out!
IJRL Case Law Summaries
Prepared by the Case Law Editorial Team: Aidan Hammerschmid (Coordinating Editor), Brian Barbour, Regina Jefferies, and Tamara Wood from the Kaldor Centre
doi.org
August 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
👀 The latest batch of IJRL case law summaries has been published
✍️ For those interested in recent judicial developments, have a look at the summaries prepared by our team through the link below
🤝 ... And as always, if a decision comes out in your country that should be included, please reach out!
✍️ For those interested in recent judicial developments, have a look at the summaries prepared by our team through the link below
🤝 ... And as always, if a decision comes out in your country that should be included, please reach out!
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Italy's attempt to offshore asylum processing to Albania has made its way to the ECJ with a preliminary reference by the Italian Court of Cassation.
ANDREINA DE LEO examines the fictions and future of Italy's model of externalization.
verfassungsblog.de/managing-mig...
ANDREINA DE LEO examines the fictions and future of Italy's model of externalization.
verfassungsblog.de/managing-mig...
June 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Italy's attempt to offshore asylum processing to Albania has made its way to the ECJ with a preliminary reference by the Italian Court of Cassation.
ANDREINA DE LEO examines the fictions and future of Italy's model of externalization.
verfassungsblog.de/managing-mig...
ANDREINA DE LEO examines the fictions and future of Italy's model of externalization.
verfassungsblog.de/managing-mig...
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Instrumentalized Migration and Jurisdictional Challenges: Lithuania v. Belarus at the ICJ | by Niccolò Ridi and Matina Papadaki
Instrumentalized Migration and Jurisdictional Challenges: Lithuania v. Belarus at the ICJ
On 19 May 2025, Lithuania instituted proceedings against Belarus before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging violations of the 2000 Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Se...
www.ejiltalk.org
June 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Instrumentalized Migration and Jurisdictional Challenges: Lithuania v. Belarus at the ICJ | by Niccolò Ridi and Matina Papadaki
🇩🇪 Excellent analysis of yesterday’s VG judgement re the unlawfulness of turning away asylum seekers
Yet another reminder that, for the law, any non-empirically substantiated asylum "crisis" rhetoric is nothing more than just that
Critical insight, also for the upcoming election campaign in 🇳🇱!
Yet another reminder that, for the law, any non-empirically substantiated asylum "crisis" rhetoric is nothing more than just that
Critical insight, also for the upcoming election campaign in 🇳🇱!
Dass die Zurückweisungen an den deutschen Grenzen rechtswidrig sind, ist nun gerichtlich bestätigt. Auch eine Notlage wurde nicht substanziell begründet.
MAXIMILIAN PICHL (@maxpichl.bsky.social) bespricht den Beschluss und erklärt, warum Ausstrahlungswirkung über den Einzelfall hinaus besteht.
MAXIMILIAN PICHL (@maxpichl.bsky.social) bespricht den Beschluss und erklärt, warum Ausstrahlungswirkung über den Einzelfall hinaus besteht.
June 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🇩🇪 Excellent analysis of yesterday’s VG judgement re the unlawfulness of turning away asylum seekers
Yet another reminder that, for the law, any non-empirically substantiated asylum "crisis" rhetoric is nothing more than just that
Critical insight, also for the upcoming election campaign in 🇳🇱!
Yet another reminder that, for the law, any non-empirically substantiated asylum "crisis" rhetoric is nothing more than just that
Critical insight, also for the upcoming election campaign in 🇳🇱!
Just when I thought my PIL chapter was done… they pull me back in 👀 ⚖️
June 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Just when I thought my PIL chapter was done… they pull me back in 👀 ⚖️
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Greek coast guards charged over migrant deaths
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Greek coastguards charged over 2023 migrant shipwreck
Seventeen coastguards have been charged by a Greek naval court over the deadliest migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean Sea for a decade.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Greek coast guards charged over migrant deaths
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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If sending asylum seekers to countries they have never been to, and have no connection with, is „respecting the EU’s values“, then I‘m really not sure what these values are anymore. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission proposes to facilitate the application of the safe third country concept
Today, the Commission proposes rules that will facilitate Member States\' application of the safe third country concept.
ec.europa.eu
May 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
If sending asylum seekers to countries they have never been to, and have no connection with, is „respecting the EU’s values“, then I‘m really not sure what these values are anymore. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Hot off the press: ENSURED’s first 5 research reports! 🥳🎉
Multilateralism: What's working, what isn’t & where is room for reform?
A deep dive:
🛠 WTO reform
🌱 UNFCCC decision-making
💉 IP-Public Health nexus
⚖️ UN HRC
💻 Cyberspace governance
Read the reports 👉 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications
Multilateralism: What's working, what isn’t & where is room for reform?
A deep dive:
🛠 WTO reform
🌱 UNFCCC decision-making
💉 IP-Public Health nexus
⚖️ UN HRC
💻 Cyberspace governance
Read the reports 👉 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications
May 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Hot off the press: ENSURED’s first 5 research reports! 🥳🎉
Multilateralism: What's working, what isn’t & where is room for reform?
A deep dive:
🛠 WTO reform
🌱 UNFCCC decision-making
💉 IP-Public Health nexus
⚖️ UN HRC
💻 Cyberspace governance
Read the reports 👉 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications
Multilateralism: What's working, what isn’t & where is room for reform?
A deep dive:
🛠 WTO reform
🌱 UNFCCC decision-making
💉 IP-Public Health nexus
⚖️ UN HRC
💻 Cyberspace governance
Read the reports 👉 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications
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Vandaag staakt Maastricht! Aujourdhui, Maastricht en grève! Heute streikt Maastricht! Today Maastricht is on strike!
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#KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs
www.fnv.nl/nieuwsberich...
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#KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs
www.fnv.nl/nieuwsberich...
Woensdag duizenden stakers naar Maastricht voor protest tegen onderwijsbezuinigingen
Woensdag ligt het hoger onderwijs in Maastricht plat. Duizenden docenten, onderzoekers, studenten en werknemers van het hoger onderwijs staken tegen de heilloze onderwijsbezuinigingen van het kabinet....
www.fnv.nl
April 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Vandaag staakt Maastricht! Aujourdhui, Maastricht en grève! Heute streikt Maastricht! Today Maastricht is on strike!
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#KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs
www.fnv.nl/nieuwsberich...
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#KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs
www.fnv.nl/nieuwsberich...
👀 The newest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law is out
✍️ As the newest member of the IJRL's Case Law Editorial Team, I'll contribute with summaries covering Europe and the UK
🤝 Whenever a decision comes out in your country that you believe should be included, then please reach out
✍️ As the newest member of the IJRL's Case Law Editorial Team, I'll contribute with summaries covering Europe and the UK
🤝 Whenever a decision comes out in your country that you believe should be included, then please reach out
Case Law Summaries
Prepared by Aidan Hammerschmid (Coordinating Editor), Brian Barbour, Regina Jefferies, and Tamara Wood, from the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee La
doi.org
March 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
👀 The newest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law is out
✍️ As the newest member of the IJRL's Case Law Editorial Team, I'll contribute with summaries covering Europe and the UK
🤝 Whenever a decision comes out in your country that you believe should be included, then please reach out
✍️ As the newest member of the IJRL's Case Law Editorial Team, I'll contribute with summaries covering Europe and the UK
🤝 Whenever a decision comes out in your country that you believe should be included, then please reach out
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Join our HYBRID @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social Jean Monnet #migration lecture w/Anuscheh Farahat @univie.ac.at 🗓️8th April 11:00 CET: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/jean-... @profjacob.bsky.social l @sarahtas.bsky.social @felixpeerboom.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social @ensured.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Join our HYBRID @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social Jean Monnet #migration lecture w/Anuscheh Farahat @univie.ac.at 🗓️8th April 11:00 CET: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/jean-... @profjacob.bsky.social l @sarahtas.bsky.social @felixpeerboom.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social @ensured.bsky.social
🔔Please join the next MILE lecture 🔔
🗣️ Prof. Daniel Thym will discuss the Role of National Courts and their Interaction with the CJEU in Migration (including Asylum)
📅 18 March 2025
⏰ 11.00-12.30
📍 @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social + online
👉Registration: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/jean-...
🗣️ Prof. Daniel Thym will discuss the Role of National Courts and their Interaction with the CJEU in Migration (including Asylum)
📅 18 March 2025
⏰ 11.00-12.30
📍 @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social + online
👉Registration: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/jean-...
March 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🔔Please join the next MILE lecture 🔔
🗣️ Prof. Daniel Thym will discuss the Role of National Courts and their Interaction with the CJEU in Migration (including Asylum)
📅 18 March 2025
⏰ 11.00-12.30
📍 @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social + online
👉Registration: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/jean-...
🗣️ Prof. Daniel Thym will discuss the Role of National Courts and their Interaction with the CJEU in Migration (including Asylum)
📅 18 March 2025
⏰ 11.00-12.30
📍 @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social + online
👉Registration: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/jean-...
💼 Come join us @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social!
Our faculty has a vacancy for two PhD positions in migration law and governance for participation in an ERC-funded research project on the enforcement of EU migration law.
Closing date: 09-03-2025
For more info, follow the link below:
Our faculty has a vacancy for two PhD positions in migration law and governance for participation in an ERC-funded research project on the enforcement of EU migration law.
Closing date: 09-03-2025
For more info, follow the link below:
PhD Researchers in Migration Law and Governance
PhD Researchers in Migration Law and Governance
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl
February 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
💼 Come join us @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social!
Our faculty has a vacancy for two PhD positions in migration law and governance for participation in an ERC-funded research project on the enforcement of EU migration law.
Closing date: 09-03-2025
For more info, follow the link below:
Our faculty has a vacancy for two PhD positions in migration law and governance for participation in an ERC-funded research project on the enforcement of EU migration law.
Closing date: 09-03-2025
For more info, follow the link below:
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On Tuesday, 4 February at 09:00, the CJEU Grand Chamber will hear a landmark case against Frontex, addressing the crucial question: Can Frontex be held accountable for its role in illegal pushbacks – a practice systematically employed at the EU’s external borders? We will cover the hearing live 🔊
January 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
On Tuesday, 4 February at 09:00, the CJEU Grand Chamber will hear a landmark case against Frontex, addressing the crucial question: Can Frontex be held accountable for its role in illegal pushbacks – a practice systematically employed at the EU’s external borders? We will cover the hearing live 🔊
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HYBRID launch of our JIRS SI (Federica Zardo co-ed.) on #Migration governance through funding! ⏰20th Jan. 15:30-17:00 CET www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/nl/node/61255. OA intro: doi.org/10.1080/1556... @profjacob.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social @jpcassarino.bsky.social @andreinadeleo.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
HYBRID launch of our JIRS SI (Federica Zardo co-ed.) on #Migration governance through funding! ⏰20th Jan. 15:30-17:00 CET www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/nl/node/61255. OA intro: doi.org/10.1080/1556... @profjacob.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social @jpcassarino.bsky.social @andreinadeleo.bsky.social
🔔Fellow migration law aficionados, please join the next Jean Monnet EU Migration Law and Governance Panel event🔔
📅 Date: 20 January 2025
⏰ Time: 15:30 - 17:00
📍 Location: @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social + online
👉 For more info and registration: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/jean-...
📅 Date: 20 January 2025
⏰ Time: 15:30 - 17:00
📍 Location: @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social + online
👉 For more info and registration: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/jean-...
January 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🔔Fellow migration law aficionados, please join the next Jean Monnet EU Migration Law and Governance Panel event🔔
📅 Date: 20 January 2025
⏰ Time: 15:30 - 17:00
📍 Location: @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social + online
👉 For more info and registration: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/jean-...
📅 Date: 20 January 2025
⏰ Time: 15:30 - 17:00
📍 Location: @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social + online
👉 For more info and registration: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/jean-...
⚖️ Wat zeggen de EU verdragen over 'asielcrises' en in hoeverre zou een Nederlands beroep op deze regels van het 'EU noodrecht' kans van slagen hebben?
Het is die vraag die ik analyseer in mijn bijdrage aan 'de Hofvijver', maandelijkse uitgave van het @montesquieuinst.bsky.social
Interesse? Zie:
Het is die vraag die ik analyseer in mijn bijdrage aan 'de Hofvijver', maandelijkse uitgave van het @montesquieuinst.bsky.social
Interesse? Zie:
De nationale uitzonderingstrek en de (vergeten) rol van het EU noodrecht in ‘asielcrises’
Vorig jaar rond deze tijd leefde in Brussel het idee dat er vanaf 2024 een periode van stabiliteit op Europees migratie- en asielgebied zou aanbreken. In …
www.montesquieu-instituut.nl
December 19, 2024 at 12:51 PM
⚖️ Wat zeggen de EU verdragen over 'asielcrises' en in hoeverre zou een Nederlands beroep op deze regels van het 'EU noodrecht' kans van slagen hebben?
Het is die vraag die ik analyseer in mijn bijdrage aan 'de Hofvijver', maandelijkse uitgave van het @montesquieuinst.bsky.social
Interesse? Zie:
Het is die vraag die ik analyseer in mijn bijdrage aan 'de Hofvijver', maandelijkse uitgave van het @montesquieuinst.bsky.social
Interesse? Zie:
Notable development 🇪🇺👀
While rationale of EU responses so far (in part) was avoidance of ad hoc domestic measures, in today’s comm. on ‘weaponisation’ EC itself suggests MS may invoke Treaty provisions (Art. 72 TFEU) to “go further than what is currently provided for by EU secondary legislation” 🤔
While rationale of EU responses so far (in part) was avoidance of ad hoc domestic measures, in today’s comm. on ‘weaponisation’ EC itself suggests MS may invoke Treaty provisions (Art. 72 TFEU) to “go further than what is currently provided for by EU secondary legislation” 🤔
December 11, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Notable development 🇪🇺👀
While rationale of EU responses so far (in part) was avoidance of ad hoc domestic measures, in today’s comm. on ‘weaponisation’ EC itself suggests MS may invoke Treaty provisions (Art. 72 TFEU) to “go further than what is currently provided for by EU secondary legislation” 🤔
While rationale of EU responses so far (in part) was avoidance of ad hoc domestic measures, in today’s comm. on ‘weaponisation’ EC itself suggests MS may invoke Treaty provisions (Art. 72 TFEU) to “go further than what is currently provided for by EU secondary legislation” 🤔
Reposted by Felix Peerboom
New EU Commission paper on the "weaponisation" of migration ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
December 11, 2024 at 11:52 AM
New EU Commission paper on the "weaponisation" of migration ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
It was a pleasure to learn more about the great work done by everyone at Refugee Project Maastricht and to discuss how int. and EU law shape the lives of migrants and refugees around the globe.
A big thank you to the organizers for the invitation! Looking forward to collaborate again in the future
A big thank you to the organizers for the invitation! Looking forward to collaborate again in the future
December 11, 2024 at 10:14 AM
It was a pleasure to learn more about the great work done by everyone at Refugee Project Maastricht and to discuss how int. and EU law shape the lives of migrants and refugees around the globe.
A big thank you to the organizers for the invitation! Looking forward to collaborate again in the future
A big thank you to the organizers for the invitation! Looking forward to collaborate again in the future