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Interview: Asylum procedure based on nationality rather than on merit – the situation of Pakistani asylum applicants under the EU Turkey Deal
Interview with Saima Hassan, photo journalist, aid worker and part of the research project ‘Migratiedeals’, Evidence-based assessment of migration deals: the case of Turkey, initiated by Ilse Van Liempt, assistant professor at the University of Utrecht and funded by...![Weekly Editorial: Not all roads lead to Libya](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/editorial-1024x675.jpg)
Weekly Editorial: Not all roads lead to Libya
There has been continued exposure and outcry about the treatment of migrants in Libya, and rightly so. Slavery, torture, ongoing sexual violence, including systematic use of male rape. And there are attempts to alleviate the suffering and sort out the situation. But...![Op-ed: Externalizing brutality to Libya is not an answer to displacement](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/aueu.jpg)
Op-ed: Externalizing brutality to Libya is not an answer to displacement
By Dr. Martin Lemberg-Pedersen, Assistant professor, Global Refugee Studies, Aalborg University In 2015, the political meltdown that defined the European response to the global refugee crises, laid bare dilemmas long in the making. Since then, European citizens have...![Op-ed: Obstacles to accessing international protection and restriction of rights of asylum seekers in the Spanish enclaves in Africa](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Op-Ed-CEAR-1080x675.jpg)