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Sofian Philip Naceur

Programme Manager for North Africa Office

Publications

Expanding the European Border Regime

: Studies 11/2025

A new study exploring the early history of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development

El-Sisi’s “New Republic”

: Studies 10/2022

How the real estate frenzy in Egypt sustains the regime’s grip on power

Black Box Egypt

: Studies 05/2022

Egypt’s opaque detention and deportation practice against refugees

COVID-19 Is Grist to the Border Regime Mill

: Analysis 07/2020

Could a new era for EU border control be on the horizon?

News

Turmoil in the North African Refugee Regime

: Analysis 29.04.2025

Algeria has followed Egypt’s path and started drafting an asylum law. Yet such a law will neither…

Egypt’s War on Migrants

: Analysis 04.12.2024

While authorities continue mass deportations to Sudan, a new asylum law could set a precedent in the…

A Regional Alliance against People on the Move

: Comment 17.04.2024

The new EU–Egypt deal is neocolonialism at its best — and signals complicity in Israel’s destruction…

The Spirit of 1951

: Comment 26.06.2023

The EU’s asylum reform and Tunisia deal are merely the latest steps in its war on migrants

Ruthless, Illegal, and Dangerous

: Comment 29.03.2023

Algeria’s unprecedented mass deportations are creating a humanitarian emergency in Niger

COP27: A Political Gift for El-Sisi’s Torture Regime

: Comment 01.11.2022

“Green” investments in Egypt do little for climate action, but legitimize the rule of a reactionary…

The Cost of Amnesty

: Comment 24.03.2022

Algeria’s civil war ended two decades ago, but the scars are still everywhere to be seen

“Quiet Diplomacy” in Egypt Has Failed

: Analysis 08.02.2022

The UN was called upon to increase pressure on Egypt for its human rights crimes, but Europe…

Is Kaïs Saïed Destroying the Very Idea of Democracy?

: Interview 18.10.2021

An interview with Tunisian law professor Wahid Ferchichi

“Tunisia’s President Will Not Be Able to Respond to Popular Demands”

: Interview 06.09.2021

An interview with Tunisian researcher Mohamed-Dhia Hammami

“What Unites Us Is Much More than What Divides Us”

: Interview 01.09.2021

An interview with Tunisian activist Nawres Douzi

Has Algeria’s Hirak Movement Failed?

: Interview 12.08.2021

A conversation with Rachid Ouaissa of the Merian Center for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb

Algeria Trapped between Repression and Hope

: Report 24.06.2021

Massive election boycott and escalating police violence overshadow the parliamentary elections

The Presidential Elections in Algeria

: Analysis 18.12.2019

An electoral masquerade, mass protests, and police violence