Adnan Cerimagic participated in a meeting titled “Approaching Bosnia’s Point of No Return: Options for the West” organised by the European Council on Foreign Relations
Gerald Knaus was invited to give the opening talk for a lecture series on the future of the Common European Asylum System, organised by the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies. He said that the EU needs to work on diplomacy, strategic returns, and resettlement of refugees.
Gerald Knaus gave a presentation on the future of European asylum and migration policy at an debate with MEP Erik Marquardt organised by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Dresden.
Gerald Knaus spoke on climate change as a cause of refugee movements at an online briefing organised by Generali Insurance Group. He warned that it is not a promising strategy to speak of “millions of climate refugees” heading to Europe when hardly any are coming.
Gerald Knaus spoke at an online briefing on European perspectives for the Western Balkans organised by Europäische Akademie Berlin. He said that the current accession process has lost any credibility in the region.
Gerald Knaus was invited to speak at a virtual panel on whether and how refugee protection in Europe can still be saved at the “Asylum Policy Forum” organised by the Protestant Academy Villigst.
Gerald Knaus was invited to speak at a hearing at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council organised by the German MP Andreas Nick, rapporteur for the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy.
ESI’s Gerald Knaus was invited to speak at a press conference organised by SOS Mitmensch to launch their campaign to re-start humanitarian resettlement in Austria. He called on European countries to “ramp up orderly admission via resettlement”.
Gerald Knaus was invited to participate in the screening of the film “Wir sind jetzt hier” by Niklas Schenck, followed by a discussion on resettlement organised by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
Adnan Cerimagic took part in a conference titled “One Way Ticket No more: Regional cooperation and mobility, civic education centres and just energy transition”
Gerald Knaus was invited to an online video debate on “Why does Europe allow itself to be blackmailed by a dictator with a few thousand displaced people?” organised by the Austrian newspaper “Der Standard”.
