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MIGRADEMO Workshop Series: A Snapshot from Morocco

The MIGRADEMO research team has conducted fieldwork in Morocco, Romania, and Turkey, including semi-structured interviews and household surveys. As part of our dissemination activities, we have organised a series of country-level workshops in Ifrane, Bucharest, and Istanbul with local actors, survey companies, and academics supporting our research on the field in order to thank them and …

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MIGRADEMO Workshop Series: A Snapshot from Turkey

The MIGRADEMO research team has conducted fieldwork in Morocco, Romania, and Turkey, including semi-structured interviews and household surveys. As part of our dissemination activities, we have organised a series of country-level workshops in Ifrane, Bucharest, and Istanbul with local actors, survey companies, and academics supporting our research on the field in order to thank them and …

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MIGRADEMO Workshop Series: A Snapshot from Romania 

The MIGRADEMO research team has conducted fieldwork in Morocco, Romania, and Turkey, including semi-structured interviews and household surveys. As part of our dissemination activities, we have organised a series of country-level workshops in Ifrane, Bucharest, and Istanbul with local actors, survey companies, and academics supporting our research on the field in order to thank them …

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Turkey’s Fieldwork: an insight

We are happy to announce that we have completed our fieldwork in Turkey! Turkey is the second area were we conducted our research on how migration affect democratic participation processes in countries of origin. During the past year we were able to conduct a survey with both migrant and non-migrant households. Here are some key figures

Romania’s Fieldwork: an insight

We are happy to share that we have finished the fieldwork in Romania! Romania is one of the cases in our study of the impact of migration on democratic participation processes in countries of origin.

Distance Makes the Vote Grow Farther: The Filipino Migrant Vote in the 2022 Elections

by: Laurence Go The recently concluded Philippine elections saw the landslide win of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., whose victory is historical for two reasons. First, while parts of the world have voted to reject candidates linked to former dictators and far right parties (e.g. Chile 2021, Peru 2021, France 2022), the Filipino people have thrown their …

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Home on Fire: Solidarity of Turkish Emigrants during the Summer Wildfires

by Deniz Pelek During the summer of 2021, Turkey experienced the worst wildfires in the country’s history. Almost 300 wildfires occurred in July and August, resulting in the destruction of thousands of hectares of forest as well as the deaths of eight people and thousands of animals. The inability of the government to respond effectively to …

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The 2021 Moroccan elections and the political incorporation of MREs: an everlasting debate?

By: Chaimae Essousi and Ahmed Kadiri The 2021 Moroccan elections were set in an extraordinary context due to the COVID-19 health crisis. Despite this, 50.35% of the Moroccan population voted in the three elections – municipal, regional and legislative – that took place simultaneously on the 8th of September 2021.  The rather unexpected results saw the National Rally of Independents (RNI) win 102 seats, …

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Party mobilisation and voting abroad during the pandemic: The 2021 Ecuadorian elections

By Nicolas Fliess – Published on 05/05/2021 Introduction Citizens around the world have responded in different ways to the task of participating in elections during an ongoing pandemic. While these elections offer an opportunity for voters to hold parties accountable for their crisis management, many citizens might feel unsafe to cast a ballot in person. Moreover, …

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