by Vincent van Grondelle | Oct 17, 2025 | Blog, Insights by OCC
An article written by Lydia Lowe Ceuta and Melilla are small Spanish enclaves above the north of Morocco with the unique position as Europe’s only land borders with Africa. This situates them within one of the key migration routes from Sub-Saharan and...
by Vincent van Grondelle | Jul 23, 2025 | Blog, Insights by OCC
An article written by Rebecca Rapparini In the last two years, there has been a steady increase in the arrivals of unaccompanied children and adolescents in the Canary Islands1. These are young people who have migrated or have been forced to flee their countries of...
by Joana Purves | Jun 5, 2025 | Blog, Insights by OCC
An article written by Arianna Napolitano When looking at Spain from Google’s satellite images, the provinces of Almería and Huelva, two agricultural centres in the southern region of Andalucía, appear covered with vast white patches. This is what is known as El Mar de...
by Vincent van Grondelle | May 18, 2023 | Blog, Insights by OCC
Written by Anna Bartalini, Flavia Ceccarelli, and Emma Santanach. Where do you picture in your mind when you hear the word “homeland”? What makes the place that you are imagining so familiar, and what kind of feelings does it evoke? Apparently, simple questions like...
by Vincent van Grondelle | Dec 15, 2022 | Blog, Insights by OCC
Written by Anna Bartalini, Marta Hormaechea, and Emma Santanach The final version of the peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP was reached in 2016, after years of negotiations, failed referendums, and decades of civil conflict. This date...
