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The IMRU blog is where rigorous migration research meets public debate. Written by IMRU researchers, Advisory Board members, and invited experts, articles translate evidence-based scholarship into accessible commentary on the issues shaping migration today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beyond the Border: How AI-enabled Surveillance Tools Turned Social Media into a Migration Control Apparatus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

27.07.2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eleftherios Chelioudakis traces how an AI-enabled social media surveillance tool, cancelled by Frontex in 2019 following data protection scrutiny, quietly resurfaced 28 months later through a Hellenic Coast Guard procurement, raising serious concerns about mass surveillance, regulatory oversight, and the growing reach of border control into everyday digital life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The EU’s new Return Regulation: rhetoric, reality and the limits of externalisation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

29.06.2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Angeliki Dimitriadi argues that as the EU turns to externalisation and return hubs, the evidence suggests these measures will not deliver the returns they promise, while Greece’s own data tells a story far removed from the political rhetoric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To understand migration attitudes in Greece, look to the past<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12.05.2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dimitris Skleparis argues that while attitudes toward migration are often explained by present-day fears, new evidence from Greece suggests that how past suffering is remembered, and interpreted, matters even more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why IMRU? Addressing the Migration Knowledge Problem in a Polarised Environment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

27.04.2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Angelo Tramountanis outlines the rationale behind IMRU’s establishment, tracing the gap between decades of rigorous migration research and a public debate increasingly dominated by security narratives and disconnected from solid evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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