Sofian Philip Naceur
@sofiannaceur.bsky.social
Journalist/researcher, formerly Cairo-based, now on the move for RLS North Africa Office and others
Currently Tunis/London, working on 🇪🇬🇩🇿🇹🇳🇵🇸 border regimes, migration, arms trade, genocide, urban development/destruction
Contact: mail(a)sofiannaceur.de
Currently Tunis/London, working on 🇪🇬🇩🇿🇹🇳🇵🇸 border regimes, migration, arms trade, genocide, urban development/destruction
Contact: mail(a)sofiannaceur.de
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Migration control has turned into an ever-present subject of discourses & state policies across northern Africa. Corresponding matters in #Algeria, however, remain strongly unreported. Thus, this @FT_DES report aims at contributing to bridge this gap 1/
ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
"The same Europe that enslaved our ancestors & continues to exploit our countries is again & again holding us to stay bound within walls. Africans must wake up & denounce Europe’s assumption as teachers from whom we have to learn how to manage our borders" refugees4refugees.org/en/2025/11/2...
Return-reintegration – Illusion of an EU moral for solidarity – Refugees4Refugees
refugees4refugees.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"The same Europe that enslaved our ancestors & continues to exploit our countries is again & again holding us to stay bound within walls. Africans must wake up & denounce Europe’s assumption as teachers from whom we have to learn how to manage our borders" refugees4refugees.org/en/2025/11/2...
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This report aims at providing a mapping of the state’scrackdowns against harraga, the authorities’ retention infrastructure, the security services’ deportation practices, and Algeria’s engagement with foreign governments regarding the suppression of movement @FT_DES 11/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
June 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This report aims at providing a mapping of the state’scrackdowns against harraga, the authorities’ retention infrastructure, the security services’ deportation practices, and Algeria’s engagement with foreign governments regarding the suppression of movement @FT_DES 11/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
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Migration control has turned into an ever-present subject of public discourses and government interventions across northern Africa. Corresponding matters in Algeria, however, remain strongly unreported 10/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
June 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Migration control has turned into an ever-present subject of public discourses and government interventions across northern Africa. Corresponding matters in Algeria, however, remain strongly unreported 10/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
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The Algerian government nourishes the country’s alienation from its African neighbors by fueling racism, exploitation and the continuation of intermediary repression, helped along by EU agencies, EU governments, UN-affiliated bodies and neighboring states 9/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
June 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The Algerian government nourishes the country’s alienation from its African neighbors by fueling racism, exploitation and the continuation of intermediary repression, helped along by EU agencies, EU governments, UN-affiliated bodies and neighboring states 9/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
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Today, the international solidarity occasionally vocalised by the #Algeria-n state is a conditional and selective one that is limited by the regime’s internal tug-of-war over access to hydrocarbon revenues and, at best, the “anti-imperialist strategies” of foreign policy 8/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
June 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Today, the international solidarity occasionally vocalised by the #Algeria-n state is a conditional and selective one that is limited by the regime’s internal tug-of-war over access to hydrocarbon revenues and, at best, the “anti-imperialist strategies” of foreign policy 8/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
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As of today, however, only traces of this once staunch alignment with the Global South remain. Yet the state maintains a political imagery and foreign policy nurtured by the spirit of the post-colonial #Algeria of the 1960s and 70s 7/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
June 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
As of today, however, only traces of this once staunch alignment with the Global South remain. Yet the state maintains a political imagery and foreign policy nurtured by the spirit of the post-colonial #Algeria of the 1960s and 70s 7/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
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The state’s reprisals against non-Algerian harraga, their precarisation and the widespread racism (re-)produced by the state and large parts of society are, however,in stark contrast to #Algeria-s anti-imperialist past 6/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
June 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The state’s reprisals against non-Algerian harraga, their precarisation and the widespread racism (re-)produced by the state and large parts of society are, however,in stark contrast to #Algeria-s anti-imperialist past 6/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
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Under President #Tebboune and army chief #Chengriha, however, the state initiated a cautious turnaround and expanded its (anti-)migration cooperation with #Italy, #Germany and #IOM, mostly in regards to police training and deportation cooperation 5/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
June 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Under President #Tebboune and army chief #Chengriha, however, the state initiated a cautious turnaround and expanded its (anti-)migration cooperation with #Italy, #Germany and #IOM, mostly in regards to police training and deportation cooperation 5/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
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In the past, #Algeria, unlike neighboring countries, was considered extremely reluctant to formally integrate into the European border regime, near-consistently refusing to take part in Europe-funded ‘border management’ projects 4/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
June 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
In the past, #Algeria, unlike neighboring countries, was considered extremely reluctant to formally integrate into the European border regime, near-consistently refusing to take part in Europe-funded ‘border management’ projects 4/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
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The image of a prosperous New Algeria, propagated by President #Tebboune & the regime since 2021, is strongly contradicted by the reporting about the increasing number of Algerian harraga who are once again favoring the risks of clandestine migration over remaining in #Algeria 3/
June 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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In 2023, #Algeria responded to #Tunisia-s new deportation practices by also tightening migration control. Mass expulsions of people by ALG authorities to #Niger were expanded while the state deports more & more people to #Libya & once again, to #Morocco 2/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
June 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
In 2023, #Algeria responded to #Tunisia-s new deportation practices by also tightening migration control. Mass expulsions of people by ALG authorities to #Niger were expanded while the state deports more & more people to #Libya & once again, to #Morocco 2/ ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
Reposted by Sofian Philip Naceur
Migration control has turned into an ever-present subject of discourses & state policies across northern Africa. Corresponding matters in #Algeria, however, remain strongly unreported. Thus, this @FT_DES report aims at contributing to bridge this gap 1/
ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
June 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Migration control has turned into an ever-present subject of discourses & state policies across northern Africa. Corresponding matters in #Algeria, however, remain strongly unreported. Thus, this @FT_DES report aims at contributing to bridge this gap 1/
ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
ftdes.net/en/suppressi...
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How #ICMPD manages migration "for the benefit of European states": On the early history of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (1993-2004) by Fabian Georgi, featuring an epilogue by Sofian Philip Naceur 8/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
Expanding the European Border Regime - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
A new study exploring the early history of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development
www.rosalux.de
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
How #ICMPD manages migration "for the benefit of European states": On the early history of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (1993-2004) by Fabian Georgi, featuring an epilogue by Sofian Philip Naceur 8/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
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This publication now provides for an edited & shortened version of the original text to facilitate access to this valuable data in English for the first time, reconstruct the context in which the #ICMPD was established & trace its development over its first decade 7/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
Expanding the European Border Regime - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
A new study exploring the early history of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development
www.rosalux.de
November 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This publication now provides for an edited & shortened version of the original text to facilitate access to this valuable data in English for the first time, reconstruct the context in which the #ICMPD was established & trace its development over its first decade 7/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
Reposted by Sofian Philip Naceur
To gain a deeper understanding of the activities, role and importance of the #ICMPD today and to comprehend why the organisation grew so much since 2016, it is crucial to look at how the organisation emerged and developed in its early years 6/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
Expanding the European Border Regime - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
A new study exploring the early history of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development
www.rosalux.de
November 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
To gain a deeper understanding of the activities, role and importance of the #ICMPD today and to comprehend why the organisation grew so much since 2016, it is crucial to look at how the organisation emerged and developed in its early years 6/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
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One of the distinguished features of this study is that it draws on written sources that are no longer publicly accessible, as well as 7 interviews with #ICMPD employees, including the organisation’s founding director, Jonas Widgren 5/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
Expanding the European Border Regime - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
A new study exploring the early history of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development
www.rosalux.de
November 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
One of the distinguished features of this study is that it draws on written sources that are no longer publicly accessible, as well as 7 interviews with #ICMPD employees, including the organisation’s founding director, Jonas Widgren 5/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
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Georgi’s in-depth research & the empirical data he was able to collect in the 2000s offer a unique insight into ICMPD’s ideological foundation, the motivations in creating it & its conception of migration as a ‘phenomenon’ to be ‘managed’, filtered & harnessed 4/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
Expanding the European Border Regime - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
A new study exploring the early history of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development
www.rosalux.de
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Georgi’s in-depth research & the empirical data he was able to collect in the 2000s offer a unique insight into ICMPD’s ideological foundation, the motivations in creating it & its conception of migration as a ‘phenomenon’ to be ‘managed’, filtered & harnessed 4/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
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Given the expected further growth of ICMPD’s impact on European, African & Asian border regimes, it is even more important to better comprehend what the organisation stands for & to which extent it has sustained the spirit & ideology of its early years 3/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
Expanding the European Border Regime - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
A new study exploring the early history of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development
www.rosalux.de
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Given the expected further growth of ICMPD’s impact on European, African & Asian border regimes, it is even more important to better comprehend what the organisation stands for & to which extent it has sustained the spirit & ideology of its early years 3/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
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Since 2016, #ICMPD has played an important role in integrating states in the Balkans into the EUropean border regime, but also Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon & states along the ‘New Silk Road’ stretching from Eastern Europe via Central Asia to Pakistan, India & Bangladesh2/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
Expanding the European Border Regime - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
A new study exploring the early history of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development
www.rosalux.de
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Since 2016, #ICMPD has played an important role in integrating states in the Balkans into the EUropean border regime, but also Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon & states along the ‘New Silk Road’ stretching from Eastern Europe via Central Asia to Pakistan, India & Bangladesh2/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
Reposted by Sofian Philip Naceur
#ICMPD has expanded significantly since 2016, but there is still surprisingly little literature on the organisation. To address this gap, we are now providing an English translation of an old but very insightful academic source written by Fabian Georgi 1/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
Expanding the European Border Regime - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
A new study exploring the early history of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development
www.rosalux.de
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#ICMPD has expanded significantly since 2016, but there is still surprisingly little literature on the organisation. To address this gap, we are now providing an English translation of an old but very insightful academic source written by Fabian Georgi 1/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
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A new brochure of mine was published by the Rosa-Luxemburg Foundation Tunis. It provides an edited English version of my 2004 study on the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), and includes an afterword by @sofiannaceur.bsky.social.
Link: www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
Link: www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
Expanding the European Border Regime - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
A new study exploring the early history of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development
www.rosalux.de
November 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A new brochure of mine was published by the Rosa-Luxemburg Foundation Tunis. It provides an edited English version of my 2004 study on the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), and includes an afterword by @sofiannaceur.bsky.social.
Link: www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
Link: www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
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Constitutional Court in #Germany rules in favour of free radio in Freiburg: Searches due to incriminated linking to #Indymedia were unlawful. The case is part of the repression against #Linksunten.
digit.site36.net/2025/11/19/r...
digit.site36.net/2025/11/19/r...
Ruling in favour of free radio in Germany: Searches due to linking to Indymedia were unlawful | Matthias Monroy
The German Constitutional Court rules that the search of Radio Dreyeckland and the home of one of its editors was unconstitutional. The broadcaster is now calling for consequences. The raids on the…
digit.site36.net
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Constitutional Court in #Germany rules in favour of free radio in Freiburg: Searches due to incriminated linking to #Indymedia were unlawful. The case is part of the repression against #Linksunten.
digit.site36.net/2025/11/19/r...
digit.site36.net/2025/11/19/r...
#ICMPD has expanded significantly since 2016, but there is still surprisingly little literature on the organisation. To address this gap, we are now providing an English translation of an old but very insightful academic source written by Fabian Georgi 1/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
Expanding the European Border Regime - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
A new study exploring the early history of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development
www.rosalux.de
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#ICMPD has expanded significantly since 2016, but there is still surprisingly little literature on the organisation. To address this gap, we are now providing an English translation of an old but very insightful academic source written by Fabian Georgi 1/ www.rosalux.de/en/publicati...
Reposted by Sofian Philip Naceur
Earlier this week, during the Vienna Migration Conference, #Jordan's Minister of Interior al-Farrayeh suggested that ICMPD could help to train Syrian security forces. ICMPDs Spindelegger confirmed that respective consultations are underway, reports @derstandard.at www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Die Wiener Migrationskonferenz und ihre Gegner: Von „Grenzmanagement“ bis „No Borders“
Die EU-Migrationspolitik setzt auf Außengrenzschutz und schnellere Verfahren. Umgesetzt wird sie auch vom ICMPD in Wien, das diese Woche eine Konferenz veranstaltet hat. Die Arbeit der Organisation st...
www.derstandard.at
October 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Earlier this week, during the Vienna Migration Conference, #Jordan's Minister of Interior al-Farrayeh suggested that ICMPD could help to train Syrian security forces. ICMPDs Spindelegger confirmed that respective consultations are underway, reports @derstandard.at www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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Das #ICMPD ist heute ein zentraler Akteur bei der Aufrüstung von Polizei- und Zollbehörden in Europas ehemaligen Kolonien und damit indirekt damit betraut, neokoloniale Eliten an der Macht zu halten und Migration wirtschaftlich ausbeutbar zu machen 6/ www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1194...
ICMPD: Abschotten, Abschieben, Anwerben
Das International Centre for Migration Policy Development hat seine Hände bei der Aufrüstung von Polizei- und Zollbehörden im Spiel. Gegründet 1993 von Österreich und der Schweiz zählt es heute 21 Mit...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Das #ICMPD ist heute ein zentraler Akteur bei der Aufrüstung von Polizei- und Zollbehörden in Europas ehemaligen Kolonien und damit indirekt damit betraut, neokoloniale Eliten an der Macht zu halten und Migration wirtschaftlich ausbeutbar zu machen 6/ www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1194...