Ayşe Bala Akal

Research Assistant

Email: aysaka@prio.org

Research Interests

EU Migration Policies
Externalization of Refugee Protection
Hostile Environments
Humanitarian Crises
Ethics of Humanitarian Negotiation
Peacebuilding

Ayşe Bala Akal
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News & events
Publications
Blog posts

Event

Tuesday, 30 Apr 2024 08:30–10:00 UTC+02

Fieldwork in Ghana, MIGNEX project. . Photo: Jørgen Carling

New Insights on the Causes of Migration

As people navigate challenges and opportunities in their lives, some see migration to another country as their best next step. What is prompting people to make this conclusion?

Time: 30 Apr 2024 08:30–10:00 UTC+02

Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3, Oslo

Report – external series

2024

Should the EU give up on readmission agreements as a foreign policy tool?

MIGNEX Policy Brief

Rerouting Europe-bound refugees to the Global South ignores their human rights

Third Country Processing Regimes and the Violation of the Principle of Non-Refoulement: a Case Study of Australia’s Pacific Solution

Journal article in Journal of International Migration and Integration

PRIO Blogs

Saturday, 2 Oct 2021

Denmark Leading the Race to the Bottom: Hostility as a form of migration control

Since the refugee crisis of 2015, Denmark, the first signatory of the 1951 Refugee Convention, has been at the forefront of the debate around deterrent migration policies. Until recently, Denmark has been recognized as an egalitarian country with an exemplary welfare system. Now, this reputation might have been irrevocably tarnished ...

News

Tuesday, 7 Sep 2021

Offshore Asylum Processing in Clash with International and EU Law

Debate around possible offshore asylum processing by European countries has resurfaced recently, in the wake of Denmark's newly passed legislation, allowing for the relocation of asylum seekers to third countries while their applications are being processed.

Event

Thursday, 25 April 2024

Registration open for MIGNEX Policy Conference in Brussels: What’s next for EU migration and development policy?

On 25 April, the MIGNEX project is convening a high-level Policy Conference on EU migration and development policy. Register your interest now.

Time: 25 Apr 2024

Place: International Press Centre, Residence Palace, Brussels

Report – other

2023

Exploring EU Migration Partnerships: The Cases of Turkey and Nigeria

MIGNEX Background Paper

News

Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Next Steps toward New Insights on Migration, Development and Policy from MIGNEX

Successful MIGNEX consortium meeting in Istanbul, with inspiring discussion as the project members continue to build new knowledge on migration, development and policy.

News

Thursday, 10 Feb 2022

Photo: Photo: Egor Eryomov / RIA Novosti / CC-BY-SA 3.0

European Union-Belarus Border Crisis: Why the Narrative of “Hybrid Warfare” is Dangerous

The 2021 EU-Belarus border crisis was preceded by a rapid deterioration of the already strained European Union (EU)-Belarus relations, in most part due to the Ryanair 4978 incident and the concomitant wide-ranging sanctions imposed by the EU on the authoritarian government of the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has often been referred by the media as "Europe's last dictator.