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Geopolitics Migrant Lives

On The Border Of Bosnia: Voices Of Afghan Migrants

On The Border Of Bosnia: Voices Of Afghan Migrants
Hundreds of migrants are living in an old buildings in the cities of Bihac and Velika Kladusa Matteo Trevisan/ZUMA

As the Taliban closed in on Afghanistan, the European Union co-signed a joint statement with dozens of nations agreeing that “the Afghan people deserve to live in safety, security and dignity” and that the international community was “ready to assist them”. As someone who has been researching the refugee crisis on Europe’s borders for years, I found the statement surprising. Before it was making bold statements about events in Kabul, the EU had spent years failing to help thousands of Afghans seeking help at its borders. Since 2015, more than 570,000 Afghan citizens have sought protection in the EU. Thousands […]

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Geopolitics Ideas

Rights v. Security: Europe’s Inner Battle Against Terrorism

People gathering outside the Notre Dame basilica in Nice following the knife attack during which three people were killed
People gathering outside the Notre Dame basilica in Nice following the knife attack during which three people were killed Louai Barakat/IMAGESLIVE via ZUMA Wire

The Schengen Area is not a “sieve” that lets migrants in but, as recent events have shown, it is not a fortress either. The fundamental rights of individuals will always prevail over security requirements.

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March 26

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German Economists Take Dim View Of Merkel Migrant Policy

Refugees at the Austrian/German border
Refugees at the Austrian/German border Chris Stowers/ZUMA

BERLIN — Forty percent of economics professors surveyed in Germany say they expect severe drawbacks to the country’s open-door refugee policy, and only 23% see immigration as a source of opportunities, a new survey shows. The joint research by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the Munich-based Ifo Institute for Economic Research of 220 economists professors also […]

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Economy Geopolitics Terror in Europe

The Multi-Billion-Euro Pricetag Of Shutting Down Schengen

The Multi-Billion-Euro Pricetag Of Shutting Down Schengen
Will Bakker

With six European Union countries instituting new border controls, the end of three decades of free movement comes with a heavy price.

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Geopolitics Terror in Europe

London-Paris-Brussels: How Terror Could Bury Brexit

UK police at recent England-France friendly soccer match
UK police at recent England-France friendly soccer match Charlie Forgham Bailey/Sportimage/CSM via ZUMA

LONDON — What’s a politician most afraid of? British Premier Harold Macmillan’s famous answer to the journalist’s question is more relevant than ever: “Events, dear boy, events.” If you add the Paris death toll to the number of victims who died after ISIS bombed a Russian plane over the Sinai, that’s 353. And the previous […]

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Extra! Hungary Blocks Westward-Bound Migrant Trains

Hungary suspended all traffic from its main rail terminal in Budapest on Tuesday, and began clearing train stations of hundreds of migrants trying to board trains bound for Austria and Germany. The decision came after thousands of asylum seekers — mostly Syrians fleeing their country’s civil war — started reaching Munich, Germany, and Vienna, Austria, […]

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In Berlin, “Civil Disobedience For A Better Europe”

A Peng Collective ad in Berlin
A Peng Collective ad in Berlin Official Facebook page

The Peng Collective of artist activists has been raising awareness and “filing down the teeth of civil society” by tackling pollution, data protection, denuclearization and now refugee politics.

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Mosque Visits And Refugee Role Play – When Border Guards Get Sensitivity Training

It can be a cold job at the border between Poland an Belarus
It can be a cold job at the border between Poland an Belarus Egor Eryomov

In Poland, after criticism of the treatment of asylum seekers, the government has responded with some very practical training for those who come face-to-face with immigrants every day.

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