Protest against the plannen Reform of the Common European Asylum System, Berlin September 2023.
Protest against the plannen Reform of the Common European Asylum System, Berlin September 2023.IMAGO / IPON

Is the CEAS Reform a Tipping Point?

Last spring, millions of Ukrainian civilians fleeing the Russian invasion of their country settled across the European Union. They were welcomed with open arms, given places to live, jobs to work, and were generally the object of unconditional solidarity whether in Poland, Germany, or Spain. Yet Europe’s attitude towards other migrants and refugees has been less forgiving. Tens of thousands of migrants drown in the Mediterranean Sea every year while attempting to reach Southern Europe, and an increasingly xenophobic tone dominates European politics as ...
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Refugees trying to cross the Greek-North Macedonian borders to follow the Balkan Route.
Refugees trying to cross the Greek-North Macedonian borders to follow the Balkan Route.IMAGO / NurPhoto

Thirty Years of Struggle for a Humane Asylum Policy

MEP Cornelia Ernst looks back on her time fighting for refugee rights in EuropeDuring the summer slump, and 30 years after the right of asylum was restricted in the German constitution, Thorsten Frei, an MP for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), could think of nothing better than suggesting that this fundamental human right be struck from Germany’s Basic Law altogether. Get rid of the right to asylum, replace it with a quota solution (with absolutely no basis in either human rights or constitutional law), he suggested. Eliminating this...
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