Looking beyond 'the refugee crisis', can migrants be the new agents of democracy?
Mar 21, 2016 07:21 am UTC| Insights & Views
Over the last few decades, the focus on migration has widened beyond a narrow preoccupation with integration a positive development. However, while issues of migration and development, migration and securitisation,...
Refugee crisis: Russian withdrawal from Syria won't let Europe off the hook
Mar 15, 2016 14:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The first Russian aircraft have already begun to leave Syria following Vladimir Putins troop withdrawal announcement. The ceasefire appears to be holding and parties are committed to fresh peace talks in Geneva. But will...
Migrant crisis: Merkel falls victim to migrant influx
Mar 14, 2016 06:02 am UTC| Commentary
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, faced one of the biggest setback against migrant crisis on Sunday, when her party Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffered drop in votes in three regional elections, while anti-immigration...
Is it really not racist to oppose immigration?
Mar 12, 2016 00:12 am UTC| Insights & Views
In a wide-ranging interview about Britains relationship with Europe and the ongoing migration crisis, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said that people who raise questions about the level of immigration into the...
No noticeable impact seen from the refugee crisis on German labour market
Mar 11, 2016 15:01 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
Data released on Tuesday showed that German unemployment dropped by a non-seasonally adjusted 9,300 in February, bringing the total number of unemployed down to 2.911 million, the best February reading since German...
Inside Europe's refugee deal with Turkey – is it legal and can it work?
Mar 11, 2016 14:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The proposed refugee exchange programme between the EU and Turkey is the most visible example of an evolving European policy of humane return. Containment (keeping refugees in the Middle East) hasnt worked, nor have...
Outsourcing a humanitarian crisis to Turkey – is that the European thing to do?
Mar 09, 2016 14:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views
European countries plan to send thousands of refugees back to Turkey in a deal aimed at preventing people from trying to reach the EU by sea. In what is being described as a one in, one out deal, anyone washing up on...
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