Migrant Crisis

Turkey – Erdogan: We will open gates for migrants to enter Europe

President Erdogan warns of new migrants wave in Europe. Turkey plans to resettle 1 million refugees in northern Syria and…

5 years ago

European Border and Coast Guard control needs 10,000 officers

Every year, around 700 million people cross Europe’s external borders. So one of the biggest challenges is detecting illegal activity…

6 years ago

5th European Migration Forum: Global and local governance

From global to local governance of migration. The role of local authorities and civil society in managing migration and ensuring…

6 years ago

Nationalism & Populism: The Future of Europe?

The conference theme this year deals with what can be understood as a question and simultaneously as a statement -…

6 years ago

Refugees’ Self-Selection into Europe: Who Migrates Where?

Europe received about 1.4 million refugees and irregular migrants in 2015 and 2016. The extent of these mostly unregulated inflows…

6 years ago

Supporting the future of Syria and the region – Brussels III Conference

As the Syrian war enters its ninth year, the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate. Over 11 million Syrians still need…

6 years ago

Emmanuel Macron: Debating the European renewal

Emmanuel Macron makes clear that European citizens need to learn from the EU History and apply those lessons ahead of…

6 years ago

Saving the right to asylum for migrants in Europe

Since 2015, migration issues have been at the forefront of public debate across Europe. Ongoing population movements, the Aquarius crisis…

6 years ago

Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees access EU Universities

What role did higher education play in addressing the refugee crisis? Many asylum seekers and refugees entering Europe in 2015…

6 years ago

Can Soros wake up Europe? Is EU sleepwalking towards a collapse?

George Soros argues that European Elections in May will be "an inflection point". Nationalist, Eurosceptic parties and all anti-European forces…

6 years ago

European Elections and European Democracy on the move

Most of euro-sceptics imagine the Union as a bureaucratic tyranny. They say the Union shall crush their states in someday.…

6 years ago

A New Generation of Forced Migration! Should Europe shut the door?

As the number of international migrants reaches new highs, people around the world show little appetite for more migration –…

6 years ago

Why don’t Mediterranean boat migrants take the plane? Why don’t refugees fly?

Why do they pay more than $1,000 to risk their lives to a smuggler in order to reach a country that finally…

6 years ago

How to solve the refugee crisis! IRC approach to the Economist

The refugee crisis is one of the most pressing challenges for the world today: around 1 person in 100 is…

7 years ago

Returning ISIS fighters: How should governments deal with them?

ISIS fighters are returning home to Europe. In Britain, half of the 850 citizens known to have joined ISIS have…

7 years ago

The refugee crisis is a test of our character?

Sixty-five million people were displaced from their homes by conflict and disaster in 2016. It's not just a crisis; it's…

7 years ago

Europe is changing! What would you like Europe to look like in 10 years?

Europe faces huge challenges. 80 million people are at risk of poverty and 14 million young people are not in…

8 years ago

EU-Turkey relations at breaking point! EP Freezes Turkey Accession Talks!

Amid an intensifying crackdown by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, MEPs are calling for a temporary freeze of membership talks between…

8 years ago

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