Media mentions – Foreign policy responses to the refugee crisis
Since the Syria crisis erupted more than 10 years ago, we’ve seen that there was a high level of reluctancy from Europeans to share the burden amongst themselves
Kelly Petillo comments on the double standards refugees in Europe face
The message to the EU is: do you want to hit me? I am going to stop protecting your borders. But this is false, Lukashenka never protected the borders.
Hundreds of migrants are stuck between Poland and Belarus. The fact that the situation is getting worse is also a failure of the EU, says Piotr Buras in an interview.
Lukashenko is interested in having dead bodies on the Polish-Belarusian border because, from his perspective, that would compromise European values
The EU will need to think hard about its approach to refugees, who will not stop trying to get to Europe, Varma said
We Europeans have been in that country for 20 years, of course we have a moral responsibility, especially for the people who are fleeing this new Taliban regime
Jana Puglierin comments on Europe’s fear of mass immigration from Afghanistan
The situation is a huge risk for Turkey, there is no doubt. Iran will also stand to lose if the Taliban returns to its old ways and provides a safe haven [ for Islamist extremists]..
José Ignacio Torreblanca comments on an article tackling the Spanish-Moroccan crisis
Morocco has seen the EU’s reaction, with which it had not counted on, and had to close the border to not risk worsening relations, not with Spain but, with Brussels
José Ignacio Torreblanca comments on the EU’s backing in the Spanish-Moroccan crisis
Morocco believes that they help Spain on issues that are existential for them and now that Morocco has an existential issue [Western Sahara], Spain is not helping at all
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