Bertelsmann Stiftung (Publisher) (PDF), 2016 Facts on the European Dimension of Displacement and Asylum: Morocco More than three million Moroccans live in the European Union. 158,000 people of Moroccan origin live in Germany, 70,000 of whom were born there. A good 10,000 were registered in Germany in 2015; approximately 3% have been recognised as refugees.
Bertelsmann Stiftung (Publisher) (PDF), 2016 Facts on the European Dimension of Displacement and Asylum: Syria The Syrian civil war started with the mass demonstrations which broke out in the wake of the Arabellion in Syria in March 2011. Yet Assad’s regime did not respond to the protesters’ major demands, which included, in particular, more political and economic participation. On...
Bertelsmann Stiftung (Publisher) (PDF), 2016 Facts on the European Dimension of Displacement and Asylum: Libya After a colonial era, a monarchy and over 40 years of the Qaddafi dictatorship, Libyans are largely unfamiliar with centralized, good government.
Bertelsmann Stiftung (Publisher) (PDF), 2016 Facts on the European Dimension of Displacement and Asylum: Ukraine Even in the years before the so-called Euromaidan protests, a number of factors – dissatisfaction with the political situation, rampant corruption and generally low living standards – were resulting in migration outflows from Ukraine among significant segments of the...
Bertelsmann Stiftung (Publisher) (PDF), 2016 Facts on the European Dimension of Displacement and Asylum: Turkey Turkey is, on the one hand, the country of origin for Kurdish refugees who have left the country as a result of fighting between the Turkish army and the PKK. On the other hand, Turkey is primarily a transit country for migrants and refugees from the neighboring nations of...
Bertlsmann Stiftung (Publisher) (PDF), 2015 Tunisia's Transformation – Cooperating with the Neighbours: Europe, North Africa and the GCC The assassination of tourists in Sousse is a call: Tunisia needs European help in implementing democracy and market economy as well as speedy and robust support in building up its security sector.
(PDF), 2013 The European Added Value of EU Spending Critical public debt levels have forced EU member states to pursue fiscal consolidation. Yet, there is a flip side to the austerity policies being administered to overcome the sovereign debt crisis.