Sweden

Even humane Sweden is getting tough on refugees

22 March 2016

Back in November, it was like the end of innocence. Deputy Prime Minister Åsa Romson famously broke down in tears as Sweden, the European country that has accepted the most asylum seekers per capita in recent years, announced it was...

Analysis

Why deportations are hard to do
22 February 2016
The gulf between EU rhetoric and the reality of migrant returns
Maps and Graphics

Turkey is hosting ten times as many Syrian refugees as Europe
10 February 2016
Even with Germany granting asylum to over 56,000 Syrians in the last three months of 2015, the EU has only a tenth of Turkey's Syrian...

Corruption and risk 2016
27 January 2016 Maps and Graphics
Look back and learn: The Evian Conference, 1938
18 November 2015 Analysis
Online media coverage of refugees in Europe
4 November 2015 Maps and Graphics

Maps and Graphics

How does Europe's media cover migration?
4 November 2015
Online media coverage of refugees in Europe is analysed using the GDELT database.
Maps and Graphics

Who's got a refugee crisis? The EU?
31 October 2015
Turkey is hosting ten times as many Syrian refugees as Europe.
Analysis

How many refugee kids can Sweden take?
15 October 2015
Sweden is experiencing a rapid rise in the numbers of unaccompanied refugee children seeking asylum there. In the first two weeks of October alone, well...
Maps and Graphics

EU refugee recognition rates in 2014
21 July 2015
Asylum seekers have not truly made it until their applications are approved, giving them the right to remain as refugees or under some other form...
News

Turkish hospitality dates back centuries
31 March 2015
Thanks to its prominent role in accepting Syrians fleeing conflict, Turkey has recently overtaken Pakistan as the country hosting the largest number of refugees in...
Analysis

EU's incomplete migration plan
6 March 2015
Irregular migration into the European Union is on the rise and the task of coming up with a new plan to better manage the surge...