Justin Robertson traces how investment migrants acquire foreign status, second passports and residencies while continuing to live in China. The analysis connects this practice of “migration without leaving” with household registration, capital transfers and the regulation of investment migration.
migration · return · detention
Academic publicationMigration and foreign nationals lawItaly
Francesca Cimino, Beatrice Grasso and Fabio Perocco examine the status and access to social rights of third-country nationals in Italy who are subject to expulsion orders but cannot be returned for legal, practical or policy-related reasons.
Arian Henning’s Verfassungsblog post, “Computer Says No”, is dated 10 August 2026 and discusses the draft KI-Migrationsverwaltungsgesetz adopted by the German federal cabinet on 29 July 2026.
This academic article examines the wellbeing of high school international students living in homestays in Ontario, Canada, and the regulatory gaps affecting that setting.
In this second edition, Ersin Yilmaz and Nazim Taha Koçak bring together decisions of the Turkish administrative courts on disputes arising under Law No. 6458 on Foreigners and International Protection.
Marion Panizzon’s article examines how the 2006 France–Senegal Bilateral Migration Agreement is assessed under national immigration law and the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum.
The article addresses whether irregularly staying third-country nationals can be regularised under EU law, focusing in particular on Article 6(4) of the Return Directive.
Şule Arslan’s article in the Public and Private International Law Bulletin assesses the protection of the right of residence of foreigners and their family members in Türkiye in the light of European Union regulations.
This article addresses the residence permit available to foreign victims of human trafficking under Turkish foreigners law. It examines Article 48 of Law No.
Tarik Talha Dermez’s article, published on 10 August 2025 in Akdeniz Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, volume 16 issue 1, examines the legal status of foreign students pursuing higher education in Türkiye within the framework of Law No. 6458 on Foreigners and International Protection.
In the context of the large-scale asylum movement to Türkiye that followed the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic in 2011 and the Temporary Protection Regulation adopted in 2014, this article addresses the deportation of persons under temporary protection under Article 54/1-d of Law No.
Dr Meltem Ineli Ciger’s post in EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy focuses on the European Commission’s June 2025 package and the future operation of the Temporary Protection Directive for Ukrainians.
The EU Immigration Portal’s Portugal page explains the conditions and supporting documents for seasonal-work short-stay visas of up to 90 days and temporary-stay visas for longer periods.
The EU Immigration Portal’s information page for seasonal workers in Lithuania states that seasonal work requires a permit issued for no more than six months per year, with a Schengen visa or national long-term visa required according to the permit’s duration.
Ahmet Bağriaçik authored the academic publication “Determining the Competent Judicial Branch in Disputes Concerning Temporary Protection Identity Certificates” in Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol. 6 No.
Kantarci Ateş, Nihan Gizem authored the academic publication “An Examination of the Social Security Rights of Seasonal Migrant Agricultural Workers: The Case of Georgia” in Selçuk Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol. 32 No.
This article examines the forced international mobility of children and adolescents to Chile in the context of refuge, regularization, and redirection.
The article examines the recast EU Blue Card Directive on admitting highly qualified non-EU workers. It states that Member States’ ability to retain national schemes and their broad discretion may limit harmonisation, while the new legislative approach may improve migrant workers’ rights.
Zvezda Vankova’s article, published in the European Journal of Migration and Law, examines the contested policy idea of using labour migration as a complementary pathway for refugee protection in the EU.
The article argues that the Pact on Migration and Asylum, particularly through pre-entry screening and new border procedures, develops policies aimed at deterritorialising EU territory while reinforcing externalisation.