• Can Aid Solve the Root Causes of Migration? A Framework for Future Research on the Development-Migration Nexus 

      Erstad, Henriette Ullavik; Bøås, Morten; Kugiel, Patryk; Szymańska, Jolanta (PISM Policy Paper;, Research report, 2020)
      An important dimension of the European Union’s response to the 2015 refugee and migration management crisis has been to address the root causes of irregular migration. A major tool the EU has to mitigate push factors of ...
    • The External Dimension of EU Migration Management: The Role of Aid 

      Szymańska, Jolanta; Kugiel, Patryk; Erstad, Henriette Ullavik; Bøås, Morten (PISM Policy Paper;NO. 6 (181), JULY 2020, Research report, 2020)
      Aid is seen as a key EU instrument in addressing the root causes of migration, but it has not been decisive for the drastic reduction of irregular arrivals in Europe in recent years. Nevertheless, development assistance ...
    • “Irregular” Migration and Divergent Understandings of Security in the Sahel 

      Osland, Kari M.; Erstad, Henriette Ullavik (Journal article, 2020)
      On 23 September 2020, the EU launched its new Pact on Migration and Asylum. In a refreshingly blunt press-release accompanying the Pact one could read: “The current system no longer works. And for the past five years, the ...