Zina Weisner
@zinaw.bsky.social
Migration researcher @demigkrems & MIGNEX, interested in EU External Migration & Border Governance, Feminist Security Studies and Politics of Development. She/her
I am very happy to share that my article "Security for Whom and How? Migrants’ Felt and Embodied (In)Securityscape on the Atlantic Route" has been published in #Geopolitics. It is one very close to my 🧡, based on my fieldwork in the Canary Islands.
✨Open-access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
✨Open-access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Security for Whom and How? Migrants’ Felt and Embodied (In)Securityscape on the Atlantic Route
Given the unique geographical and geopolitical position of the Spanish Canary Islands between Europe and Africa, there are multiple and intersecting internal and external bordering processes at wor...
www.tandfonline.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I am very happy to share that my article "Security for Whom and How? Migrants’ Felt and Embodied (In)Securityscape on the Atlantic Route" has been published in #Geopolitics. It is one very close to my 🧡, based on my fieldwork in the Canary Islands.
✨Open-access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
✨Open-access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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1/2 This September, the Transnational Chain of Actions begins, remembering 2015’s historic summer of migration. Join our online conference on 04.09. at 17:00 that kicks off this chain and where you can get an overview of all planned actions! #TransnationalActions
September 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
1/2 This September, the Transnational Chain of Actions begins, remembering 2015’s historic summer of migration. Join our online conference on 04.09. at 17:00 that kicks off this chain and where you can get an overview of all planned actions! #TransnationalActions
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🚨New wiki entry on #Morocco: detailed overview of the historical, economic and political context of migration, border geographies, the lives of migrants in the country, and the EU's externalisation policy since 1993.
🔎 Available at: migration-control.info/en/wiki/moro...
🔎 Available at: migration-control.info/en/wiki/moro...
Morocco
Migration Wiki Morocco
migration-control.info
July 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🚨New wiki entry on #Morocco: detailed overview of the historical, economic and political context of migration, border geographies, the lives of migrants in the country, and the EU's externalisation policy since 1993.
🔎 Available at: migration-control.info/en/wiki/moro...
🔎 Available at: migration-control.info/en/wiki/moro...
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I have been working on building this database of crimes of solidarity&humanitarianism for a few years. It's a resource for research and legal cases and activists -to get an overall sense of patterns across different locations. If you would like to help please get in touch www.crimesofsolidarity.org
July 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I have been working on building this database of crimes of solidarity&humanitarianism for a few years. It's a resource for research and legal cases and activists -to get an overall sense of patterns across different locations. If you would like to help please get in touch www.crimesofsolidarity.org
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🚨 The 6th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now! 🚨
Including:
• Analyses on EU impunity in Libya & billions to Egypt
• Civil society statements on Ceuta, Libya & more
• 32 leaked docs on deportation, detention & “safe third countries”
Read it now: migration-control.info/en/blog/bull...
Including:
• Analyses on EU impunity in Libya & billions to Egypt
• Civil society statements on Ceuta, Libya & more
• 32 leaked docs on deportation, detention & “safe third countries”
Read it now: migration-control.info/en/blog/bull...
May 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🚨 The 6th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now! 🚨
Including:
• Analyses on EU impunity in Libya & billions to Egypt
• Civil society statements on Ceuta, Libya & more
• 32 leaked docs on deportation, detention & “safe third countries”
Read it now: migration-control.info/en/blog/bull...
Including:
• Analyses on EU impunity in Libya & billions to Egypt
• Civil society statements on Ceuta, Libya & more
• 32 leaked docs on deportation, detention & “safe third countries”
Read it now: migration-control.info/en/blog/bull...
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1/ 🚨 Since autumn 2024 refugees have been protesting the serious deterioration in living conditions in the #UNHCR camp in #Agedez (Niger), the chain deportation practices and lack of lasting and dignified solutions.
Open Letter on the Situation at the UNHCR's Camp in Agadez
Open Letter on UNHCR's Camp in Agadez vy Refugees in Libya
migration-control.info
April 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Tomorrow is the Transnational Day of Action against the EU Pact on Migration.
Protests are planned in multiple cities.
But here are also some ways to can get involved remotely.
bsky.app/profile/abol...
Tomorrow is the Transnational Day of Action against the EU Pact on Migration.
Protests are planned in multiple cities.
But here are also some ways to can get involved remotely.
bsky.app/profile/abol...
On 10 April 2024, the EU Parliament adopted the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum despite the fierce opposition of many of us. This Pact is designed to kill.
📢 Join the Transnational Action Day against the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum.
More information:
📢 Join the Transnational Action Day against the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum.
More information:
[EN/ES/FR] This Pact kills! – Abolish Frontex European Campaign
Abolish Frontex European Campaign
abolishfrontex.org
April 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Tomorrow is the Transnational Day of Action against the EU Pact on Migration.
Protests are planned in multiple cities.
But here are also some ways to can get involved remotely.
bsky.app/profile/abol...
Tomorrow is the Transnational Day of Action against the EU Pact on Migration.
Protests are planned in multiple cities.
But here are also some ways to can get involved remotely.
bsky.app/profile/abol...
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"Over 100 killed today in #Gaza. Mostly at 2 schools in eastern Gaza city. And it’s not even 18h."
Und die Welt schaut zu und erklärt und kritisiert und rechtfertigt und verurteilt und beschwichtigt und ist besorgt und versteht und ist traurig und das Töten geht weiter.
Und die Welt schaut zu und erklärt und kritisiert und rechtfertigt und verurteilt und beschwichtigt und ist besorgt und versteht und ist traurig und das Töten geht weiter.
April 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Over 100 killed today in #Gaza. Mostly at 2 schools in eastern Gaza city. And it’s not even 18h."
Und die Welt schaut zu und erklärt und kritisiert und rechtfertigt und verurteilt und beschwichtigt und ist besorgt und versteht und ist traurig und das Töten geht weiter.
Und die Welt schaut zu und erklärt und kritisiert und rechtfertigt und verurteilt und beschwichtigt und ist besorgt und versteht und ist traurig und das Töten geht weiter.
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Vielleicht wäre es an der Zeit, den Verweis auf "die Umfragen", die angeblich zeigen, dass "die Menschen einfach keine Migration mehr wollen", zu überdenken. Research Paper by Martin Ruhs et al. @mpc-eui.bsky.social
cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/...
cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/...
April 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Vielleicht wäre es an der Zeit, den Verweis auf "die Umfragen", die angeblich zeigen, dass "die Menschen einfach keine Migration mehr wollen", zu überdenken. Research Paper by Martin Ruhs et al. @mpc-eui.bsky.social
cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/...
cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/...
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1/ Last week, we published Arabic/ French translations of our #Externalisation Bulletin, Issue 04.
🔎Externalisation's most harmful effects play out in the states beyond Europe's border, yet civil society in these states is often denied #access to EU policy information.
🔎Externalisation's most harmful effects play out in the states beyond Europe's border, yet civil society in these states is often denied #access to EU policy information.
April 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
1/ Last week, we published Arabic/ French translations of our #Externalisation Bulletin, Issue 04.
🔎Externalisation's most harmful effects play out in the states beyond Europe's border, yet civil society in these states is often denied #access to EU policy information.
🔎Externalisation's most harmful effects play out in the states beyond Europe's border, yet civil society in these states is often denied #access to EU policy information.
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🥵😵💫🤯Losing oversight on what is happening in the world in regard to #borders #mobility and #externalisation? 🛃🧱
🔥Keep up-to-date w/ our #MonthlyPressReview. The #February edition has just been published.🔥
Find it on our blog ➡️https://migration-control.info/en/blog/monthly-review-february-2025/
🔥Keep up-to-date w/ our #MonthlyPressReview. The #February edition has just been published.🔥
Find it on our blog ➡️https://migration-control.info/en/blog/monthly-review-february-2025/
March 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🥵😵💫🤯Losing oversight on what is happening in the world in regard to #borders #mobility and #externalisation? 🛃🧱
🔥Keep up-to-date w/ our #MonthlyPressReview. The #February edition has just been published.🔥
Find it on our blog ➡️https://migration-control.info/en/blog/monthly-review-february-2025/
🔥Keep up-to-date w/ our #MonthlyPressReview. The #February edition has just been published.🔥
Find it on our blog ➡️https://migration-control.info/en/blog/monthly-review-february-2025/
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At the next DEMIG Online Talk on March 27, 2-3 pm CET, Fekadu Adugna Tufa, Professor of Social Anthropology in Addis Ababa, will discuss the diverse conditions of im/mobility that Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia are confronted with. Please join the event via this link donau-uni.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
At the next DEMIG Online Talk on March 27, 2-3 pm CET, Fekadu Adugna Tufa, Professor of Social Anthropology in Addis Ababa, will discuss the diverse conditions of im/mobility that Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia are confronted with. Please join the event via this link donau-uni.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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At least 8,938 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2024, making it the deadliest year on record, according to new data collected by @iom.int www.iom.int/news/2024-de...
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
At least 8,938 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2024, making it the deadliest year on record, according to new data collected by @iom.int www.iom.int/news/2024-de...
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"Short-sighted enforcement won’t stop irregular migration — it shifts routes, increases risks, fuels smuggling, and weakens Europe’s negotiating power."- OpEd by MMC Europe Roberto Forin, based on findings from our latest report on migration and smuggling to the EU & UK
Are arrivals really down? Yes — but only on some routes, and likely only for now. Is demand for irregular journeys declining? No. Has smuggling been disrupted? No.
A breakdown of how the EU migration crackdown isn't working
Are arrivals really down? Yes — but only on some routes, and likely only for now. Is demand for irregular journeys declining? No. Has smuggling been disrupted? No.
euobserver.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"Short-sighted enforcement won’t stop irregular migration — it shifts routes, increases risks, fuels smuggling, and weakens Europe’s negotiating power."- OpEd by MMC Europe Roberto Forin, based on findings from our latest report on migration and smuggling to the EU & UK
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The #IMISCOE2025 spring conference at the @unikrems.bsky.social is in full swing, with 26 panels, 3 keynotes & 2 roundtables on the topic of irregular migration. The booklet is available here donau-uni.ac.at/dam/jcr:1fe8...
Tmrw is the final day, we hope to see many of you there, in person or online
Tmrw is the final day, we hope to see many of you there, in person or online
March 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The #IMISCOE2025 spring conference at the @unikrems.bsky.social is in full swing, with 26 panels, 3 keynotes & 2 roundtables on the topic of irregular migration. The booklet is available here donau-uni.ac.at/dam/jcr:1fe8...
Tmrw is the final day, we hope to see many of you there, in person or online
Tmrw is the final day, we hope to see many of you there, in person or online
🌍 Which factors drive international migration aspirations vs. actual out-migration? In a new CMS article, Mathias Czaika and I explore different conjunctions of migration #drivers and #policies using #QCA and #MIGNEX data across 26 communities in 10 countries. 💫 Open access here: shorturl.at/li258
Migration aspirations and their realisation: a configurational driver analysis of 26 African and Asian research areas - Comparative Migration Studies
‘Tackling the root causes’ of migration has emerged as a central strategy for the European Union to manage the movements of people from middle- or low-income countries. While the effectiveness of this...
shorturl.at
March 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🌍 Which factors drive international migration aspirations vs. actual out-migration? In a new CMS article, Mathias Czaika and I explore different conjunctions of migration #drivers and #policies using #QCA and #MIGNEX data across 26 communities in 10 countries. 💫 Open access here: shorturl.at/li258
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#Fluchtforschung gegen #Mythen
Migrationspolitische Debatten in Deutschland sind von zunehmend drastischeren Forderungen geprägt.
9 Wissenschaftler*innen klären Mythen u.a. zu Pullfaktoren, Vollzugsdefizit, Ausreisepflicht, GEAS, Illegalität, Flucht stoppen auf.
fluchtforschung.net/blogbeitraeg...
Migrationspolitische Debatten in Deutschland sind von zunehmend drastischeren Forderungen geprägt.
9 Wissenschaftler*innen klären Mythen u.a. zu Pullfaktoren, Vollzugsdefizit, Ausreisepflicht, GEAS, Illegalität, Flucht stoppen auf.
fluchtforschung.net/blogbeitraeg...
February 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
#Fluchtforschung gegen #Mythen
Migrationspolitische Debatten in Deutschland sind von zunehmend drastischeren Forderungen geprägt.
9 Wissenschaftler*innen klären Mythen u.a. zu Pullfaktoren, Vollzugsdefizit, Ausreisepflicht, GEAS, Illegalität, Flucht stoppen auf.
fluchtforschung.net/blogbeitraeg...
Migrationspolitische Debatten in Deutschland sind von zunehmend drastischeren Forderungen geprägt.
9 Wissenschaftler*innen klären Mythen u.a. zu Pullfaktoren, Vollzugsdefizit, Ausreisepflicht, GEAS, Illegalität, Flucht stoppen auf.
fluchtforschung.net/blogbeitraeg...
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🔥We continue working fully from this account 🔥
We are a transnational collective building information on externalized #EU migration & border control.
Find our #Wikis #Analysis and #PressReviews on our website ➡️ www.migration-control.info
For everything up-to-date, follow us on here!
We are a transnational collective building information on externalized #EU migration & border control.
Find our #Wikis #Analysis and #PressReviews on our website ➡️ www.migration-control.info
For everything up-to-date, follow us on here!
February 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🔥We continue working fully from this account 🔥
We are a transnational collective building information on externalized #EU migration & border control.
Find our #Wikis #Analysis and #PressReviews on our website ➡️ www.migration-control.info
For everything up-to-date, follow us on here!
We are a transnational collective building information on externalized #EU migration & border control.
Find our #Wikis #Analysis and #PressReviews on our website ➡️ www.migration-control.info
For everything up-to-date, follow us on here!
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Forsa hat nach den wichtigsten Wahlkampfthemen gefragt. Ergebnis:
1. Schutz der Demokratie/ Bekämpfung des Rechtsextremismus (62 %)
2. Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung (55 %)
3. Kriminalität/innere Sicherheit (49 %)
4. Äußere Sicherheit (44 %)
5. Zuwanderung/Geflüchtete (36 %)
(Forsa, 30./31.1.25)
1. Schutz der Demokratie/ Bekämpfung des Rechtsextremismus (62 %)
2. Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung (55 %)
3. Kriminalität/innere Sicherheit (49 %)
4. Äußere Sicherheit (44 %)
5. Zuwanderung/Geflüchtete (36 %)
(Forsa, 30./31.1.25)
Bundestagswahl: Union fällt in neuer Umfrage auf 28 Prozent
Nach Friedrich Merz' umstrittenem Vorstoß zur Migrationspolitik büßt die Union im neuen Trendbarometer an Zuspruch ein. Grüne und Linke profitieren.
www.zeit.de
February 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Forsa hat nach den wichtigsten Wahlkampfthemen gefragt. Ergebnis:
1. Schutz der Demokratie/ Bekämpfung des Rechtsextremismus (62 %)
2. Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung (55 %)
3. Kriminalität/innere Sicherheit (49 %)
4. Äußere Sicherheit (44 %)
5. Zuwanderung/Geflüchtete (36 %)
(Forsa, 30./31.1.25)
1. Schutz der Demokratie/ Bekämpfung des Rechtsextremismus (62 %)
2. Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung (55 %)
3. Kriminalität/innere Sicherheit (49 %)
4. Äußere Sicherheit (44 %)
5. Zuwanderung/Geflüchtete (36 %)
(Forsa, 30./31.1.25)
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As has been the case for 20 years, migration 'crisis' in the Canary Islands hardens borders in transit countries like Mauritania. The government is planning an 'electronic ring' around the capital Nouakchott against unauthorized migration.
Mauritanie : construction d’une ceinture de sécurité électronique autour de la capitale pour lutter contre la migration illégale | Saharamedias FR
Le Premier ministre mauritanien, Mokhtar Ould Diay, a annoncé vendredi que le gouvernement mauritanien allait doter tous les postes frontaliers des disposit ...
fr.saharamedias.net
January 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
As has been the case for 20 years, migration 'crisis' in the Canary Islands hardens borders in transit countries like Mauritania. The government is planning an 'electronic ring' around the capital Nouakchott against unauthorized migration.
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Eine eindringliche Warnung aus der Wissenschaft! Die deutsche Migrationsforschung hat sich zusammengeschlossen und warnt: „Politische Entscheidungen müssen sich an wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen orientieren, nicht an ideologischen Annahmen ... 1/2
January 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Eine eindringliche Warnung aus der Wissenschaft! Die deutsche Migrationsforschung hat sich zusammengeschlossen und warnt: „Politische Entscheidungen müssen sich an wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen orientieren, nicht an ideologischen Annahmen ... 1/2
Hello! Blue skies in Vienna and a blue mood because of blue politics (in AT and GER) seems like a good day to join bluesky! Looking forward to connect (again) ☀️
January 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Hello! Blue skies in Vienna and a blue mood because of blue politics (in AT and GER) seems like a good day to join bluesky! Looking forward to connect (again) ☀️