ESI's Kristof Bender participated in the "Debates on Europe" conference in Sofia, where he discussed demographic decline, work migration, and the impact of migration on sending and receiving countries.
Gerald Knaus discussed the violation of the non-refoulement principle in the refugee protection crisis and proposed a solution at a panel discussion on migration policy organized by the State Office for Schools and Education in Saxony.
Adnan Cerimagic took part in an expert discussion titled “Geostrategic Competition for the EU in the Western Balkans: External actors’ involvement in the areas of foreign and security policy.”
Gerald Knaus spoke at a side event at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the PACE debate on political prisoners in Azerbaijan on 23 January 2013.
Gerald Knaus was invited to speak on “Migration and flight in Europe and possible solutions for 2023” at the new year’s retreat of Austria’s Social Democratic Party (SPÖ).
Adnan Cerimagic took part in online consultations titled “Defining New Paradigm of EU Enlargement Strategy to Western Balkans, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia.”
ESI’s Gerald Knaus was invited to give an online presentation on “Acting exemplary, talking populist? We (Austrians) and the refugees?”, organised by the Social-Democratic Teachers Association of Upper Austria.
ESI's Gerald Knaus argued that European refugee policy has become a policy of violence with deaths in the Mediterranean, mistreatment by state organs and pushbacks, and migrants being instrumentalised to fan the fear of uncontrolled mass migration.
Adnan Cerimagic took part in a closed-door discussion hosted by the European Council on Foreign Relation titled “Transatlantic agenda for Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
