Output list
1–2 of 2 results
Blog
Europeans do not support stricter conditions for family reunification
Published 2026-08-27
Stricter conditions on family migration are becoming increasingly common across Europe. Yet as Anton Ahlén, Karin Borevi, Lutz Gschwind, Jonas Hultin Rosenberg and Johan Wejryd show, new survey evidence from Germany, Italy and Sweden suggests the public may be less supportive of these conditions than policymakers assume.
Blog
What happens when governments require public officials to report irregular migrants? A look at recent developments in Sweden
Published 2024
In Sweden, a controversial proposal for a duty to report has sparked heated debates about balancing rights and migration control. While scaled back to exempt some professions, the policy raises critical questions: how might these measures circumscribe the fundamental rights that irregular migrants have in Sweden, and what policies do people actually support? These are the questions the Protecting Irregular Migrants in Europe (PRIME) project seeks to answer, and in this blog post, we explore Sweden’s shifting approach, the public’s attitudes toward irregular migration policies, and what this means for balancing rights and enforcement across Europe.