Humanitarianism

A pattern of deadly and racist migration policy across Europe comes alive on France-Italy’s shared border.

What do the European responses to the Afghanistan crisis mean for people trying to flee a desperate situation?

The University of Liège researcher explains how our changing environment is making people move, calling for evidence-based policy decisions.

Climate migration is already a reality. A coherent and binding solution must be determined at the EU and international levels.

Since 2015, more than one million asylum seekers have entered Europe. Of these, roughly 250,000 have come to the Nordic countries, prompting them to reassess their immigration systems and services.

For Turkish citizens, entering and traveling within the EU can be a frustrating struggle, with many bureaucratic hurdles to overcome. Although this state of affairs seems a great injustice, the prospect of easier access for Turks to countries within Schengen seems fraught with difficulties – both linked to Turkey’s turbulent domestic politics as well as the increasingly uncertain state of the EU’s internal borders.

The influx of refugees to the shores of Greek islands has generally been met with overwhelming support from locals, eager to provide much needed aid to the refugees.

To avoid further catastrophes and deaths in the Mediterranean we need a radical shift in the priorities of EU asylum policies. Increasing the budget of the “Triton” operation of the EU border surveillance agency FRONTEX and doing another minute of silence is not enough!

The numbers of deaths in Syria and Iraq are deeply disturbing. But the numbers create the false impression that civilians are merely victims of violent conflict, passively waiting to be overwhelmed by violence or exhaustion.

Many inhabitants of the Maghreb have no other choice than to leave their homes, and start a new life abroad.