Ubi Minor, Maior Cessat: When Cities Rewrite the Rules of Migration Governance

Starting this blog post with a sentence in Latin may sound a bit over the top, or even slightly out of place. Yet the reversed quote “*ubi minor, maior cessat*” captures an increasingly common practice in the Mediterranean region, where cities have begun to rewrite the rules of migration governance –for better and for worse.

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Eurac Research Blogs
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2026-04-16
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https://doi.org/10.57708/bfyyy38uqsuyjg2mcvn4csa
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Migration, Refugees, and Integration
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Ubi Minor, Maior Cessat: When Cities Rewrite the Rules of Migration Governance

Demetra Santagati
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Ubi Minor, Maior Cessat: When Cities Rewrite the Rules of Migration Governance

Demetra Santagati
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Abstract

Starting this blog post with a sentence in Latin may sound a bit over the top, or even slightly out of place. Yet the reversed quote “*ubi minor, maior cessat*” captures an increasingly common practice in the Mediterranean region, where cities have begun to rewrite the rules of migration governance –for better and for worse.

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