Research
March 2026

From Forced Emigration to Defensive Naturalization: A Study of the Case of Tunisian Skilled Workers

Introduction Modern states may be divided into two categories: emigration states (countries of departure) and immigration states (host countries or countries of destination). This is particularly evident in the Mediterranean region, where long-standing colonial relations have transformed into tangible borders..

December 2025

Rosa Reading Festival – Literature and Migration

As part of its ongoing commitment to supporting literature that engages with human and social issues—and following the establishment of the Rosa Reading Club three years ago, which aims to promote reading and cultural discussion—the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation – North..

December 09, 2025

Coming Back Is Not Going Home: Return and Displacement after the fall of the Assad-Regime

Coming Back Is Not Going Home: Return and Displacement after the Fall of the Assad Regime. The Syrian uprising began with demands for dignity, social justice, and political agency — claims crushed by war, forced flight, and geopolitical instrumentalisation. One..

Research
July 2025

The fourth age of emigration: a survey of families of the disappeared

Introduction In this paper, we set out to study the structures and implications of a “new age of emigration”, which we shall situate from 1995 onwards, the date marking the entry into force of the Schengen agreement. In cementing freedom..

Article
April 2025

Refugee Regime in Upheaval

Algeria has followed Egypt’s path and started drafting an asylum law. Yet, such a law will neither improve the precarious situation of people on the move nor effectively counter Algeria’s deportation practices   The architecture of northern Africa’s migration control..

Interview
December 2024

NAT Podcast: Egypt’s War on Migrants

  Sofian Philip Naceur talked to us at the North Africa Talks Podcast about the critical challenges Sudanese refugees face in Egypt and Libya. In this compelling episode, we delve into the implications of Egypt’s proposed asylum law, the EU’s..

December 2024

Screenings: Views on Migration @ Zawya – Cairo

Rosa Luxemburg Foundation – North Africa is pleased to invite you to discover the short films of its project “10 views on Migration”. Directed by young African filmmakers, these documentaries offer different perspectives on migration in the continent. The films..

December 17, 2024

Screenings: Views on Migration @ Zawya – Cairo

Rosa Luxemburg Foundation – North Africa is pleased to invite you to discover the short films of its project “10 views on Migration”. Directed by young African filmmakers, these documentaries offer different perspectives on migration in the continent. The films..

Research
December 2024

From colonization to Schengenisation

From colonization to Schengenisation: Socio-history of migrations from the Maghreb to Europe Introduction   In studying the postcolonial shift which, a few decades after the independence of the countries of the southern Mediterranean, gave rise to the emergence of the..

Article
December 2024

Egypt’s War on Migrants

  While authorities continue with their mass deportations to Sudan, a new asylum law could set a precedent in North Africa Egypt is currently pressing ahead with the adoption of an asylum law. Although it is unclear whether it will..

Research
July 2024

Visa policies and the traumas of immobility

Visa policies and the traumas of immobility                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Translated by Roots prod ( translated from French to English : Borhen Hallek) Editorial design and illustration :Yessine Ouerghemmi   Man is born free. This assertion is common not only to modern..

Research
June 2024

Colonization, immigration, and borderization: Contemporary perspectives of the Moroccan and Tunisian left

This article aims to analyze the main discourse of political actors in the Tunisian and Moroccan left in regard to the migration issue. The evolution of this discourse will be examined between two key periods of immigration history from these..