“…Here, considerable attention is paid to the migration and asylum situation in the European Union and its Mediterranean neighbourhood (including the war in Syria), issues of refugee protection, asylum policies and practices, border management and control of irregular migration, and cooperation among the key actors, i.e., countries of origin, transit countries, and destination countries (cf. Jeandesboz and Pallister‐Wilkins, ; Perkowski, ; van Reekum, ; Trauner, ; Crawley and Skleparis, ; Weinar et al., ). In this context, developments in other parts of the world, especially refugee and humanitarian emergencies (Burundi, DR Congo, Yemen, or Rohingya, Venezuela, etc.)…”