Without a solution to the problem of returning migrants, who have not received protection in the EU, the effectiveness of any reforms to asylum law and migration rules will be illusory
Media mentions – Foreign policy responses to the refugee crisis
It would be foolish to think we can compete with China, the United Arab Emirates or even Turkey. To be meaningful, the Mattei Plan will have to fit into a broader framework of EU initiatives
Europeans must oppose the expansion of Israel’s land offensive into densely populated southern Gaza, currently home to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons
Even if it will be signed, I don’t think the new pact on migration will have any real effect for the EU and Italy. Many of the problems will not be solved
Arturo Varvelli comments on Europe and migration at the end of the European Political Community in Granada
EU is now focused on sealing its external borders. Instead, it should have championed stability and economic growth in the countries of departure and transit, while creating regular migration routes
Arturo Varvelli analyses the politicization of the migration issue in UE between electoral deadlines and NGO’s criminalization
The migration issue, which has been growing with highs and lows for at least 15 years, should be handled as a structural phenomenon rather than as an emergency
Arturo Varvelli comments on the Meloni-Von der Leyen mission to Lampedusa and on the UE Plan on migration
The key to success is cooperation with migrants’ countries of origin and transit countries
In this video, Tarek Megerisi talks about the EU delegation in Tunis who signed agreement with Tunisia for cash and migration clampdown
We must fundamentally change both the narrative and the conceptual understanding of migration in Europe as well as change the security and emergency approach of EU countries towards the Mediterranean
I don’t think that Turkey has made a general change in its Syria policy, I think that these moves are seen as a necessity to respond to domestic pressure
