Media reactions
2021
August
Illinois News Today
24 August 2021
ZDF
(""There is an incredible amount at stake"")
23 August 2021
Puls 24
("Knaus: Austria's message "is the death knell of the Refugee Convention".")
23 August 2021
L'Express
("Afghan migrants: fortress Europe barricades itself")
23 August 2021
Il Foglio
("Reasonable doubts about a mass flight from Kabul to Europe")
23 August 2021
Der Standard
("Afghans in Austria: Deport or take in more people?")
22 August 2021
Der Spiegel
("Erdoğan rejects Afghan refugees")
22 August 2021
Die Presse
("Kurz: No voluntary admission of Afghan refugees")
22 August 2021
Südtirol News
("Kurz against additional refugee admissions from Afghanistan")
22 August 2021
BVZ.at
("Kurz against further refugee admission from Afghanistan")
22 August 2021
OÖ Nachrichten
(""Prepare for refugees from Afghanistan and increase quotas".")
22 August 2021
Vol.at
("Kurz against additional refugee admissions from Afghanistan")
22 August 2021
The Bridge Chronicle
22 August 2021
Vorarlberger Nachrichten
("The situation is completely different from 2015")
22 August 2021
ORF Radiothek
("Migration expert Knaus: "2015 will not be repeated".")
21 August 2021
Kleine Zeitung
("Expert warns against fear-mongering with refugees: "Not comparable with 2015".")
21 August 2021
Der Standard
("Von der Leyen calls on EU countries to take in Afghans")
21 August 2021
ORF
("Expert warns against scaremongering about Afghanistan refugees")
21 August 2021
Plus 24
("Migration expert warns against fear-mongering with refugees")
21 August 2021
WDR
("Flight from Afghanistan - What can Germany do?")
20 August 2021
l'opinion
("Afghanistan: Migration expert Gerald Knaus slams "shadow debate" on refugees")
19 August 2021
Focus
("Interview with the architect of the EU-Turkey dealDo we now face a new refugee crisis? "2015 will certainly not be repeated")
19 August 2021
Nius
("Deutschland will keine Migrationskrise wie im Jahr 2015 wegen der Taliban")
19 August 2021
Deutsche Welle
("Is a drama with refugees possible in Germany again?")
19 August 2021
Deutschlandfunk
("Who bears responsibility for the failure in Afghanistan?")
19 August 2021
Nordbayern
("Migration expert Gerald Knaus: Mass exodus from Afghanistan? "Many do not get out of the country at all")
19 August 2021
Der Tagesspiegel
("The irritating debate about refugees Seehofer no longer wants to know about a forecast of millions of refugees")
19 August 2021
BR24
("Afghanistan: Debate on German role in refugee reception")
19 August 2021
Kreis Zeitung
("Five million refugees? Seehofer fuels panic among Germans")
19 August 2021
Rai News
("Migration researcher: "There will be no mass exodus from Afghanistan".")
19 August 2021
Deutsche Welle
("Afghanistan: Probably no new refugee drama")
19 August 2021
SWR2
("Taliban conquer Afghanistan - Where to put the refugees?")
18 August 2021
Focus
("After Seehofer's refugee statements, even his own ministry contradicts him")
18 August 2021
Watson
(""Afghanistan is not comparable with 2015": What the situation in the country means for refugees - Gerald Knaus: "There is no question of an uncontrolled influx".")
18 August 2021
Der Tagesspiegel
("Almost two thirds of Germans are worried about refugee situation like in 2015")
18 August 2021
Gazeta Prawna
("Austria and Switzerland distance themselves from accepting refugees from Afghanistan, Germany fears wave of migrants")
18 August 2021
Der Tagesspiegel
("The irritating debate about refugees Mystery surrounding Seehofer's million figure")
18 August 2021
The New York Times
18 August 2021
Medyascope
(" The West is considering how it can reconcile with the Taliban: What about the refugees?")
18 August 2021
Berliner Zeitung
("There is no million-strong ghost army coming to Europe.")
18 August 2021
Der Standard
("After the Taliban's victory: What can a small country like Austria do now?")
18 August 2021
Toscana Calcio
("survey among Germans: The vast majority now fear many refugees")
18 August 2021
RP Online
("Migration researcher Gerald Knaus: "The comparison to 2015 is instrumentalised".")
18 August 2021