Thessaloniki – ESI at the Thessaloniki Symposium: "Borders, asylum and the future of human rights in Europe: Lessons from Greece and the Balkans"

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ESI's Gerald Knaus spoke at the Thessaloniki International Symposium in World Affairs 2018 on "Borders, asylum and the future of human rights in Europe: Lessons from Greece and the Balkans". Gerald presented ESI's proposals on migration policy and discussed them with the audience.

ESI's proposals also were mentioned on the Greek TV station Action24 in a discussion with the European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs, Dimitris Avramopoulos. (Gerald's speech starts at 41:28).

The full video of the speech and Gerald's presentation is available at blod.gr:

"Borders, asylum and the future of human rights in Europe: Lessons from Greece and the Balkans". Video: blod.gr

• Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Andreas Ernst and Fabian Urech, "Gerald Knaus: 'Weil funktionierende Rückübernahmeabkommen mit den Herkunftsländern fehlen, wird die EU zu einem tödlichen Magneten'" - interview with Gerald Knaus - ("Gerald Knaus: 'The lack of functioning readmission agreements with countries of origin is turning the EU into a deadly magnet'") (26 October 2018)
• Refugees Deeply, John Dalhuisen Gerald Knaus, How Italy Can Combine Migration Control With Human Rights (13 March 2018)
• ESI paper: "Amsterdam in the Mediterranean" – How a Dutch-style asylum system can help resolve the Mediterranean refugee crisis (26 January 2018) – ​also available in Italian: "Amsterdam nel Mediterraneo"
• ESI proposals for the refugee crises in the Central Mediterranean and the Aegean: www.esiweb.org/refugees