The Migration Law Research Group maintains close links with other research groups at Ghent University, such as the Centre for the Social Study of Migration and Refugees (CESSMIR), the Human Rights Centre (HRC), the Human Rights Research Network (HRRN), the interdisciplinary consortium Crime, Criminology and Criminal Policy (CCCP) and the Ghent Rolin-Jaequemyns International Law Institute (GRILI).
The Migration Law Research Group was founded in October 2016, with the appointment of Ellen Desmet.
