Simon McMahon is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University. He is co-author of ‘Unravelling Europe’s Migration Crisis’ (Policy Press, 2017) and author of ‘Immigration and Citizenship in an Enlarged European Union’ (Palgrave, 2015). Simon’s email is simon.mcmahon@coventry.ac.uk and is on Twitter as @si_mcmahon. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/simon-mcmahon/rss en Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Fri, 08 Sep 2017 08:25:45 +0000 Simon McMahon https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/09/08/from-the-beast-to-broken-shoes-shifting-dangers-in-southern-mexico https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/09/08/from-the-beast-to-broken-shoes-shifting-dangers-in-southern-mexico While access to asylum is improving in Mexico, the country still has a long way to go to protect refugees, says Coventry University’s Simon McMahon. He describes his recent research on changing migrant routes in Mexico’s southern border region. Laws & Policy Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:16:49 +0000 Simon McMahon https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/08/29/why-its-too-early-to-call-rise-in-refugee-boats-to-spain-a-crisis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/08/29/why-its-too-early-to-call-rise-in-refugee-boats-to-spain-a-crisis As the number of migrants crossing the western Mediterranean accelerated this year, so did the alarmist headlines. Coventry University’s Simon McMahon puts the numbers in context and says there is little evidence yet that migrant routes are shifting from Italy to Spain.