Van den Durpel, Anja

Anja
Van den Durpel

Graduated as Social Pedagogue, I started my career as Streetcorner Worker with male prostitutes. At the same time, I was lecturing Didactics and Group Management, and became the Programme Coordinator of the Teachers Training Academy. In 2007, I was appointed as Director of the Migrant Integration Service of the City of Ghent. I further specialised in Diversity Management (Post graduate) and European Studies (Master). Since 2016 I am responsible for European Policies on Social Inclusion, Immigration and Welfare within the city. I completed my PhD on irregular migrants’ access to housing in European cities in 2022. Other researches and projects I’m involved in concern, amongst others, VISA RoC (2022-2023), COSY (2026-2027), Safe Reporting (2018-2019). In combination with my job in the International Networks and Funding Office in Ghent, I am pursuing a Master's degree in Law.
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 3573
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5720-9962
Researcher ID https://www.linkedin.com/in/anja-van-den-durpel-3b870926/
ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anja_Van_Den_Durpel/research

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods
Geographies

Roles

  • Centre for the Social Study of Migration and Refugees (CESSMIR)

    University, Ghent, Belgium
    reseacher

Research

Dienstverleners zijn geen immigratiehandhavers

Authors Anja Van den Durpel
Year 2023
Journal Name Tijd voor Mensenrechten
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1 Journal Article

Victims with irregular migration status’ safe reporting of crimes in Belgium

Authors Anja Van den Durpel, Ilse Derluyn
Description
This research is part of the EU-funded project VISA RoC. The report first describes the legal options and relevant actors for safe reporting of crime by victims and witnesses with irregular status in Belgium. Next, practices and experiences regarding safe reporting of crimes by victims and witnesses with irregular status in Belgium are delineated, respectively from the perspectives of victims with irregular status victim services and law enforcement. Finally, proposals for improving safe reporting of crime by victims and witnesses with irregular status in Belgium are elaborated based on the literature study, analysis of the legislation, policies and various practices regarding safe reporting of crimes by victims and witnesses with irregular status in Belgium, and recommendations from the interviewed adults in a precarious residence situation, victim support organisations, enforcement authorities and relevant NGOs.
Year 2023
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2 Report

Veilig rapporteren van misdrijven door slachtoffers en getuigen zonder wettig verblijf in België

Authors Anja Van den Durpel, Ilse Derluyn
Description
Dit onderzoek maakt deel uit van het door de EU gefinancierde project VISA RoC. Het rapport beschrijft eerst de juridische mogelijkheden en relevante actoren voor het veilig melden van misdrijven door slachtoffers en getuigen zonder wettig verblijf in België. Vervolgens worden praktijken en ervaringen met betrekking tot het veilig rapporteren van misdrijven door slachtoffers en getuigen zonder wettig verblijf in België geschetst, respectievelijk vanuit het perspectief van slachtoffers zonder wettig verblijf, slachtofferhulpverlening en rechtshandhaving. Ten slotte worden voorstellen voor het verbeteren van de veilige aangifte van misdrijven door slachtoffers en getuigen zonder wettig verblijf in België uitgewerkt op basis van de literatuurstudie, analyse van de wetgeving, het beleid en verschillende praktijken met betrekking tot het veilig melden van misdrijven door slachtoffers en getuigen zonder wettig verblijf in België, en aanbevelingen van de geïnterviewde volwassenen in een precaire verblijfssituatie, slachtofferhulporganisaties, handhavingsautoriteiten en relevante NGO's.
Year 2023
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3 Report

European countries and EU politics : does it matter who governs? The impact of political decisions in Europe

Authors Anja Van den Durpel
Year 2020
Book Title Europe : environmental, political and social issues
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5 Book Chapter

European countries and EU politics : does it matter who governs? The impact of political decisions in Europe

Authors Anja Van den Durpel
Year 2020
Book Title Europe : environmental, political and social issues
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6 Book Chapter

Safe reporting of crime for migrants with irregular status in Belgium

Authors Anja Van den Durpel
Description
This report describes the legal and policy framework governing reporting of crime by victims of crime with irregular migration status in Belgium. It contributes to a wider project of the University of Oxford's Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) analysing policy and law governing “safe reporting of crime” by victims with irregular migration status in Europe and the USA. The project explores law and policy in the United States and four European countries to assess the avenues irregular migrants have to report crime safely without risking deportation. It aims to assess the legal and political “replicability” of “firewall” practices across different countries, including the replicability in Europe of any aspects of US “sanctuary” policies. As well as the Belgian report, the project includes similar reports for Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United States.
Year 2019
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7 Report

The exclusion of irregular migrants in Europe : past, present and future

Authors Anj Van den Durpel
Year 2017
Book Title Racism : Past, Present and Future Perspectives
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10 Book Chapter

Participatief werken : een effectief instrument voor integratie in de hedendaagse diverse samenleving?

Authors Anja Van den Durpel
Year 2015
Journal Name Vlaams Tijdschrift voor Overheidsmanagement
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12 Journal Article

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