Vienna – ESI presentation for CARE Austria on empathy and factfulness and how to save the refugee convention

ESI’s Gerald Knaus was invited to give a presentation for CARE Austria on “Empathy and Factfulness” and how to save the refugee convention. He presented 10 concrete facts on irregular migration, asylum, pushbacks and borders, and debunked populist rhetoric on the threat of irregular migration. He also discussed the EU-Turkey Statement, private sponsorships of refugee resettlement as in Canada, and the importance of cooperation between countries of origin and countries of reception.

• ESI proposals website: EU-Turkey Statement 2.0
• ESI draft of a revised EU-Turkey Statement 2.0, 16 March 2021
• Focus Online:  Interview with Gerald Knaus: The Turkey deal has failed: "Germany could take in 30,000 refugees a year, 16 April 2021
• Falter:  What borders do we need? Falter podcast of presentation by Gerald Knaus on refugee and migration policy, 5 April 2021
• Anadolu Agency, Humane borders, control through cooperation possible: Turkey, EU can show the way, 26 March 2021
• Tagesschau: The EU-Turkey Agreement five years on - Success or failure?, 18 March 2021
• Berliner Zeitung: Merkel advisor Knaus: Resettle refugees directly to Germany 17 March 2021