Berlin – ESI presentation at expert workshop on the German EU presidency and the EU’s new Pact on Migration and Asylum

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Photo: Centre for Human Rights Erlangen - Nürnberg

ESI’s Gerald Knaus was invited to participate in the expert workshop “A Fresh Start? Review of the German Presidency and Analysis of the EU Asylum and Migration Pact”, organised by Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer (FFVT) and the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nuremberg (CHREN). Gerald presented ESI’s ideas and policy recommendations on the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, addressing push-backs from EU member states, the current situation of refugees, the cooperation needed between EU member states, as well as the urgent steps that need to be taken on the Greek Islands, and a renewal of the EU-Turkey statement. 

The other participants were Anuscheh Farahat (Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg), Daniel Thym (Universität Konstanz / SVR).  

• Deutschlandfunk:  After the accusation of pushbacks: Frontex and European asylum policy. Radio interview with Gerald Knaus, 10 November 2020
• WDR 5:  Gerald Knaus: Refugee policy between empathy and fear, 31 October 2020
• Vorarlberger Nachrichten:  Migration expert Knaus: "Moria is certainly a symbol of failure, 28 October 2020
• Phoenix:  Gerald Knaus on the situation of refugee camps in the Greek islands, 27 October 2020
• n-tv: Germany to become Canada - Knaus advises special asylum route , 17 October 2020
• ARD: Moria: Where Europe fails?, 14 October 2020
• Die Welt: Refugee camps could be history. Op-ed by Gerald Knaus, 11 October 2020
• Der Spiegel: Interview with migration expert Knaus: "Canada should be a model to us , 10 September 2020
• Kronen Zeitung:  Refugee storms: Can 2015 be repeated?, 2 September 2020
• SWR Aktuell Kontext: 5 years of "We can do it". Expert Knaus: EU refugee agreement a great success, 14 August 2020
• Der Spiegel: Kampf gegen Corona: Evakuiert die griechischen Inseln - jetzt!, op-ed by John Dalhuisen and Gerald Knaus, also available in English: The fight against Corona: Evacuate the Greek Islands – Now!, 26 March 2020
• ESI paper: The Aegean Tragedy – Key facts and key steps, 24 Jan 2020
• ESI newsletter: Aegean Plan 2.0 – preventing a disaster in the times of Corona, 20 March 2020
• ESI: www.esiweb.org/refugees