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Florian Trauner
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Professor of political science at the #VUB and Dean of the VUB’s @bsog.be | working on #EuropeanGovernance; #migration; #asylum; #InternalSecurity | teaching also at the @collegeofeurope.bsky.social
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🇪🇺📊 The @ec.europa.eu has released its first European Annual Asylum and Migration Report. It maps the migratory situation across all Member States and outlines who may receive support — and who is expected to provide it. The key question: can the system work in practice? 🧩
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
ftrauner.bsky.social
Es freut mich, einen Beitrag für @bpb.de zum Thema
EU-Informationskampagnen zur Abschreckung irregulärer Migration verfasst zu haben. Frei online abrufbar👇

www.bpb.de/themen/migra...
EU-Informationskampagnen zur Abschreckung irregulärer Migration | EU-Migrations- und Asylpolitik | bpb.de
Informationskampagnen sollen „aufklären“, häufig auch mithilfe abschreckender Geschichten und Bilder. Das soll irreguläre Migration verhindern. Funktioniert das?
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November 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
ftrauner.bsky.social
🚨 New publication out!
Together with @linavosyliute.bsky.social, we examine the EU’s risk of falling into a far-right trap in the negotiations on the Return Regulation.
📄 Published as an open-access Policy Brief by @birmm.bsky.social l — free to read & share!

zenodo.org/records/1696...
The EU's Return Regulation: Negotiating on the Basis of Evidence, not Narratives
zenodo.org
September 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
ftrauner.bsky.social
Our article on the impact on Russia's war against Ukraine on the reform of the Common European Asylum System has finally ended its "early view"-status. It found a home in the current issue of European Politics and Society - and is still freely accessible to all.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The impact of the Russian war against Ukraine on the reform of the common European asylum system
This article analyses how the Russian invasion and the mass influx of Ukrainians have impacted the Europeanisation dynamics in EU asylum policy, notably the process of reforming the Common European...
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August 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
ftrauner.bsky.social
Happy to have engaged with the 'Foundation for Family Businesses and Politics' on the subject of migration, skills shortages and Europe's strive to attract talent.
#SkillsShortage #EuropeanTalent #FamilyBusinesses

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Spotlight Brussels with Prof. Florian Trauner: How Can Europe Attract Top Talent?
YouTube video by Stiftung Familienunternehmen und Politik
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August 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
ftrauner.bsky.social
Before the 2015 refugee crisis, the cash-strapped World Food Programme had to drop 1/3 of its Syrian refugees from food vouchers in its Middle Eastern programme. A few months later, arrival numbers in Europe increased. Now, 10 years later, all of this seems forgotten...

www.ft.com/content/976f...
Aid cuts are driving migrants to Europe, warns UN refugee chief
Filippo Grandi calls on EU countries to support existing asylum facilities in Africa rather than create new schemes
www.ft.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
ftrauner.bsky.social
On #WorldRefugeeDay, we reflect on the EU’s asylum system—strained by growing use of national emergency powers to control migration.
Is this eroding EU asylum standards?

📘 Read our new @birmm.bsky.social Policy Brief: zenodo.org/records/1565...

#Refugees #EUAsylum #MigrationPolicy
World Refugee Day 2025: don't let national emergency measures become the new standard of EU asylum policy
zenodo.org
June 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Reposted by Florian Trauner
bsog.be
🎓👏 We are thrilled to share that on 16 June 2025, Folashade Ajayi successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Between making sense of and sensing Black activism in Germany".

The BSoG would like to congratulate Dr. Ajayi on this wonderful achievement!

#PhD #BSoG #VUB #research #BlackActivism
🎓 We are pleased to announce that on 16 June 2025, Folashade Ajayi successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Between making sense of and sensing Black activism in Germany". The BSoG would like to congratulate Dr. Ajayi on this wonderful achievement! 👏 #PhD #BSoG #VUB #research #BlackActivism
June 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
ftrauner.bsky.social
Speech of Commissioner Marta Kos at #EUIA25 is now published

ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Speech by Commissioner Marta Kos at the EU International Affairs Conference
All Member States are faced with three great challenges: the challenge of peace, the challenge of freedom and the challenge of prosperity, and it seems clear that they can only be met through the Euro
ec.europa.eu
May 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
ftrauner.bsky.social
“Enlargement remains the greatest geopolitical success of the EU”. Enlargement commissioner Marta Kos at #EUIA25
May 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
ftrauner.bsky.social
#EUIA25 has started. Interesting discussion in the EU’s international role. A first panel is chaired by Julien Jeandesboz and concerns liberalism, borders and sovereignty.
May 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
ftrauner.bsky.social
📢 Join us at BIRMM/VUB for a guest lecture by Prof. Marie-Laure Basilien-Gainche @mlbg.bsky.social: “Bordering, Ordering, Othering: The Legal Thickening of EU Frontiers” 🗓️ 27 May, 🕛 12:00 PM. Open to all – register here 👉 birmm.research.vub.be/bordering-or... #Migration #EUlaw #BIRMM #VUB
Bordering, ordering, othering, ordering: the legal thickening of EU
birmm.research.vub.be
May 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
ftrauner.bsky.social
Ich freue mich sehr, dass mein Beitrag diese neue Blogreihe des Netzwerks @fluchtforschung.bsky.social eröffnet. Er behandelt, wie Mitgliedstaaten anhand von nationalen Notfallmaßnahmen die EU-Asylpolitik mehr und mehr beeinflussen.
fluchtforschung.bsky.social Netzwerk Fluchtforschung @fluchtforschung.bsky.social · Apr 23
Der Fluchtforschungsblog startet die Blogreihe „10 Jahre nach dem langen Sommer der Migration“!

Den Anfang macht der Artikel „Notfallmaßnahmen in der EU-Asylpolitik – Wenn die Ausnahme zur Regel wird“ von Florian Trauner @ftrauner.bsky.social.

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April 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
ftrauner.bsky.social
Pleased to announce our new publications on the role of narratives in migratory decision-making in the Gambia. A particular focus is on whether EU-promoted narratives can compete with local ones and actually influence migratory decision-making.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The role of EU‐promoted versus local narratives in migratory decision‐making in the Gambia
The EU tries to dissuade potential migrants from coming to Europe irregularly. However, can EU-promoted narratives compete with local ones and actually influence migratory decision-making? This artic....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
ftrauner.bsky.social
A great article to understand what Trump is doing to America beyond economic damage. It's about destroying cosmopolitism and installing a security mind-set. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Opinion | How to Destroy What Makes America Great
Trump’s tariffs erect a wall between Americans and other people, obstructing the flow not only of goods but also of ideas, contacts, technology and friendships.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
ftrauner.bsky.social
If Frontex is beefed up to 30,000 staffers, it will be increasingly member states assisting Frontex in its activities and no longer Frontex assisting member states in theirs.

www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...
EU wants to beef up border agency to 30,000 staffers
European Commission proposal would increase force of EU border patrols under Frontex.
www.politico.eu
April 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reposted by Florian Trauner
geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social
Now out and #openaccess in issue 30(2): Democracy Matters (To Some Extent): Autocracies, Democracies and the Forced Return of Migrants from the EU by Philipp Stutz & Florian Trauner @ftrauner.bsky.social

Download and read for free:
www.tandfonline.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
ftrauner.bsky.social
Great initiative by the #VUB, opening up for American scholars and researchers. The @bsog.be may have to play a particular role in this, being the VUB's most international entity and already having several American colleagues.

www.brusselstimes.com/1490737/brus...
Brussels university VUB opens doors to 'censored' American researchers
"US universities and their scholars are the biggest victims of this political and ideological interference. They are seeing millions in research funding disappear for ideological reasons."
www.brusselstimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Reposted by Florian Trauner
stevepeers.bsky.social
Official text of new proposal for EU Regulation on expulsion of non-EU migrants staying irregularly (replacing the current Returns Directive)

Text - home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/proposal-reg...
Press release - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Qs and As - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Proposal for a Regulation establishing a common system for return
Proposal for a Regulation establishing a common system for return
home-affairs.ec.europa.eu
March 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
ftrauner.bsky.social
The Commission will publish today its proposal "a common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union". The overarching objective is to increase the EU's return rate and open possibilities for new measures such as return hubs in third countries. A 🧵
March 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
ftrauner.bsky.social
Austria is suggesting to stop the family reunification for asylum seekers due to an emergency and overburdened systems. What are its precise arguments and can this fly inside the EU? #Austria; #asylum; #emergency
March 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
ftrauner.bsky.social
Update - our article "Democracy Matters (To Some Extent): Autocracies, Democracies and the Forced Return of Migrants from the EU" has now shifted away from an early view-status. It is still openly accessible for everyone!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Democracy Matters (To Some Extent): Autocracies, Democracies and the Forced Return of Migrants from the EU
This article analyses whether the European Union returns more irregular migrants to democratic or autocratic states. It establishes the EU’s return rates with the whole world over a period of twelv...
www.tandfonline.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Reposted by Florian Trauner
bernd-parusel.bsky.social
These proposals are very far-reaching. Would undermine Schengen, the (just recently reformed) EU asylum system & international principles.
Headless, anti-European stuff.
@kateconnolly.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
German opposition leader vows to push asylum law change after killings
Friedrich Merz, favourite to become next chancellor, says he bring proposals before parliament despite possible need for support from AfD
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
ftrauner.bsky.social

The European Court of Human Rights ruled against Greece in a case involving push-back practices at the Greek-Turkish border. Is this likely to become a landmark case?

hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre-press#{%...
HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights
The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre-press#{%22itemid%22:[%22003-8124877-11378031%22]}
January 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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In Austria, far-right leader Kickl gets the chance to form a coalition government. "Europe" will be one of the major sticking points in the negotiations. What can we expect for European governance, should Kickl become Austria's Chancellor?

www.politico.eu/article/far-...
Far-right Herbert Kickl gets his chance to form government in Austria
Anti-immigrant and Russia-friendly FPÖ is now in pole position to lead in Vienna.
www.politico.eu
January 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM