Editorial: Three Lessons and Some New Year’s Resolutions: Asylum at the End of an Unpredictable Year
In the field of asylum policy, years tend to end much as they started – more people displaced, more hostile policies, more border violations, more bad proposals. Not so 2022. If you had predicted at the start of the year that Europe would respond effectively to a...
Mediterranean: Pope Urges Common Solutions – Meloni Urges EU Cooperation to Stem Arrivals to Italy, Trial Against Civilian Rescuers Again Postponed, Civil Fleets Continue Rescues in Face of Harassment by So-called Libyan Coast Guard
As Pope Francis urges common solutions calling deaths “avoidable”, Italy’s Prime Minister Meloni continues to push EU support to stem arrivals. Trial of civilian rescuers in Italy initiated five years ago has again been postponed due to mistakes by the public...
Editorial: Instrumentalisation is Not the only Bad Proposal – But it is the Worst
The Czech EU Presidency enters its last month having been active and effective on asylum and migration matters. That is both for good and for ill – progress on solidarity is important and activity on the Ukraine response has helped maintain the positive EU approach....