In this episode Martin Ruhs, Principal Investigator and Coordinator of the PRIME project, and Stephanie Acker, PRIME’s Communications and Policy Coordinator, discuss the project’s intended impact. It aims to identify policies that would improve the rights and wellbeing of irregular migrants while also benefiting host communities. This means really knowing who the key actors and stakeholders are. Here Martin and Stephanie also reflect on six policy roundtables that the PRIME team held with stakeholders across Europe in the autumn of 2023.

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Martin Ruhs is Principal Investigator and Coordinator of the PRIME project, Professor of Migrations Studies and Deputy Director of the Migration Policy Centre at the European University Institute.

Stephanie Acker is Communications and Policy Coordinator for the PRIME project, and Research Associate at the Migration Policy Centreat the European University Institute.

This podcast was recorded at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, in January 2024.

Produced by Migration Mobilities Bristol

Edited by Melissa FitzGerald @melissafitz

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The PRIME Podcast kicks off with our Principal Investigators, Professor Martin Ruhs and Professor Bridget Anderson, discussing why this research project is important, the challenges they have faced during its first year and what they are most looking forward to. The conditions of irregular migrants vary dramatically across Europe - how do 'national institutions' influence these conditions? What can we learn by considering the common interests between migrants and citizens, as well as the tensions in policy-making between immigration controls and protecting fundamental rights? How does a research project like PRIME engage in policy debates and policy-making processes? And how do you make the most of a cross-disciplinary team of 24 people spread across seven countries?!

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Martin Ruhs is co-Principal Investigator and Coordinator of the PRIME project, Professor and Deputy Director of the Migration Policy Centre at the European University Institute in Florence.

Bridget Anderson is the co-Principal Investigator on the PRIME project, Professor of Migration, Mobilities and Citizenship at the University of Bristol, and Director of Migration Mobilities Bristol.

Produced by Migration Mobilities Bristol

Edited by Melissa FitzGerald @melissafitz

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.