Vicki Squire joined University of Warwick as Associate Professor of International Security in 2012. Previously, she was RCUK fellow at the Centre of Citizenship, Identities and Governance, The Open University and ESRC postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/vicki-squire/rss en Crises & Conflicts Wed, 31 May 2017 05:00:10 +0000 Vicki Squire https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/05/31/debunking-myths-about-why-people-migrate-across-the-mediterranean https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/05/31/debunking-myths-about-why-people-migrate-across-the-mediterranean Amid fears that Europe is being “flooded” with refugees and migrants, researcher Vicki Squire explains her study showing many refugees were not trying to reach Europe when they left home. Europe was not a pull factor, so deterrence strategies will not work, she writes.