Media reactions
2021
December
RBB
("Trapped in the exclusion zone: what's going on at the border between Poland and Belarus?")
TV interview with Gerald Knaus
1 December 2021
November
Der Spiegel
(""The traffic light coalition is much closer to Mrs Merkel's course than some people would probably like"")
30 November 2021
The Vision
Tutta La Storia Dei Migranti Bloccati Tra Bielorussia e Polonia (Che Non Hai Ancora Osato Chiederti)
("The Whole Story Of The Migrants Stranded Between Belarus and Poland (Which you have not yet dared to ask)")
30 November 2021
RP Online
("A detailed check of the coalition agreement")
26 November 2021
VPRO
("The European refugee policy is inhumane. What can we do?")
26 November 2021
ZDF
("Traffic light coalition focus on a welcoming culture")
25 November 2021
Público
("The EU has toughened its borders, but not put an end to the problems")
22 November 2021
Vijesti
("Only with dramatic changes to the EU")
Interview with Kristof Bender
22 November 2021
Open Migration
("Thirty years after the disembarkation of the Vlora, a short journey through the Italy that discovered itself as a country of immigration")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
22 November 2021
Watson
("Migration expert Knaus: "What is happening at the border with Belarus is one of the darkest episodes in the history of the EU's border regime".")
22 November 2021
WDR Aktuelle Stunde
("Studio discussion: Gerald Knaus, sociologist and migration researcher")
21 November 2021
Svenska Dagbladet
("Dictator's hybrid war could be averted")
21 November 2021
n-tv
("Expert Knaus on Belarus: "Lukashenko's trap snaps shut"")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
20 November 2021
Aftenposten
(" Migration expert: The crisis on the border with Belarus can be resolved in three ways. Only one is good.")
20 November 2021
Onet.pl
("The dispute over migrants is dividing the EU. Many questions have arisen")
20 November 2021
Il Foglio
("Orbán won on immigration in the EU")
19 November 2021
Eureporter
19 November 2021
Berliner Zeitung
("Migration researcher: EU in danger of losing credibility")
19 November 2021
RP Online
("Merkel adviser criticises EU policy as illegal")
18 November 2021
Web.de
("Migration researcher Gerald Knaus: "We have fallen into a triple trap".")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
18 November 2021
BR
("Crisis at the external borders: Where is EU asylum policy heading?")
18 November 2021
The Pioneer
("How we can protect borders and people at the same time")
Podcast with Gerald Knaus
18 November 2021
SNA News
("Taking in migrants in exchange for blackmail from Moscow? Merkel's advisor Knaus gives Ukraine a tip")
18 November 2021
Deutsche Welle
("Expert: Poland suspends EU asylum law and EU is 'hypocritical'")
18 November 2021
BR
("Crisis at the External Borders - Where is EU Refugee Policy Headed?")
17 November 2021
Die Welt
(""Result of a failure to learn the right lessons from 2015," says migration expert")
16 November 2021
STERN
("Why the situation in Belarus is not comparable with 2015")
16 November 2021
CBS News
16 November 2021
RND
("Refugees continue to hold out at the border: Is the situation in Belarus comparable to the refugee crisis in 2015?")
16 November 2021
Der Standard
("Why does Europe allow itself to be blackmailed by a dictator with a few thousand displaced people?")
15 November 2021
Rzeczpospolitej
("EU sanctions and border defences have not dissuaded Belarus from attracting migrants")
15 November 2021
Dorzeczy.pl
("Expert warns: Lukashenko has set a trap for the European Union")
15 November 2021
Deutsche Welle
("Ukraine: Host country for refugees from Belarus?")
15 November 2021
Blick
("This is how a helpless EU let itself be duped")
14 November 2021
Radar.RP.pl
("Gerald Knaus: Lukashenko cannot be won by force")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
14 November 2021
RP Online
("Harshness and humanity: ways out of the refugee drama sought")
14 November 2021
Vol.at
("Expert Gerald Knaus on the crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border: "Hell on earth")
13 November 2021
Der Standard
("The diabolical trap from Minsk")
Op-ed by Gerald Knaus
13 November 2021
Die Welt
(""This is how the EU could let Lukashenko's blackmail attempt come to nothing".")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
13 November 2021
Morgenbladet
("Bosnia and Herzegovina: A new war is no longer unthinkable")
12 November 2021
evangelisch.de
("Pro Asyl: Accept refugees from the Polish-Belarusian border")
12 November 2021
Hayat TV
("Red lines were long crossed by Dodik and his group, sanctions need to be used strategicaly")
11 November 2021
N1
("Dodik implements, Serbia directs, and Moscow writes")
11 November 2021