Linköping – ESI lecture on European migration and asylum policy at Linköping University

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Linköping. Photo: flickr / Svensmail

ESI’s Gerald Knaus was invited to give an online lecture at Linköping University in Sweden for students of the course “European Migration and Asylum Policy.”

Citing the example of Australia, Gerald spoke about the tragedy of illegal pushbacks at the EU’s external land and sea borders. He explained the need for migration cooperation agreements with third countries and presented the Canadian approach to refugee resettlement as a model to be replicated elsewhere. He also spoke about the EU-Turkey Statement, its impact, and ESI’s proposal for its revision.

• ESI proposals website: EU-Turkey Statement 2.0
• ESI draft of a revised EU-Turkey Statement 2.0, 16 March 2021
• ESI Newsletter: Essay 1 - The promise and the agony – saving the refugee convention
• Berliner Zeitung: Merkel advisor Knaus: Resettle refugees directly to Germany 17 March 2021
• Anadolu Agency, Humane borders, control through cooperation possible: Turkey, EU can show the way, 26 March 2021
• Falter:  What borders do we need? Falter podcast of presentation by Gerald Knaus on refugee and migration policy, 5 April 2021
• Focus Online:  Interview with Gerald Knaus: The Turkey deal has failed: "Germany could take in 30,000 refugees a year, 16 April 2021