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Credible legal pathways: Between political promise and actual capacity

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Policy Brief14 Abr 202612 minby Equipo IEAM

Credible legal pathways: Between political promise and actual capacity

Strategic guidelines to turn legal pathways into effective and sustainable mechanisms.

Route-based approach: Reducing visible flows or reducing vulnerabilities?

Policy Brief

10 Abr 202610 minby Equipo IEAM

Route-based approach: Reducing visible flows or reducing vulnerabilities?

Towards a coherent strategy for protection and the fight against criminal economies.

Irregular Migration Trends Towards the EU – Q1 2026

Infografía

28 Abr 20265 minby Equipo IEAM

Irregular Migration Trends Towards the EU – Q1 2026

Analysis of the main trends in irregular migration towards the EU in the first quarter of 2026, based on data from Frontex and the Spanish Ministry of the Interior.

75 countries excluded from permanent legal immigration to the United States

Infografía

26 Feb 20266 minby Equipo IEAM

75 countries excluded from permanent legal immigration to the United States

The announcement by the Trump administration of a planned pause on the issuance of permanent visas could significantly reshape patterns of permanent legal immigration.

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16Apr

Launch EventPresencial

Official Launch of IEAM in Madrid: Migration, Euro-African Cooperation, and European Governance

Madrid, Spain

24Mar

ConferencePresencial

Conference: “To Greener Pastures – and Back: A Global Outlook on Migration”

Budapest, Hungary

06Feb

WorkshopChatham House

Collective Intelligence Workshop in Rome

Rome, Italy

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