Three lessons from Europe’s response to Ukrainian migration
Europe’s response to Ukrainian migration has shown the benefits of a humane approach towards refugees. It should set a precedent for a more compassionate European migration policy
Refugee crisis
Turkey’s open door closes: How Europe can better support Syrian refugees
If Turkey and other countries begin deporting more Syrians back to Syria, Europe could experience a new wave of arrivals. European policymakers need to devise a more sustainable, longer-term approach to the issue.
22 Mar
La Hora de la Sociedad Civil: Un Diálogo Transatlántico sobre Venezuela
Este debate fue una iniciativa del Foro Cívico, de la Oficina en Washington para Asuntos Latinoamericanos (WOLA), el Open Society Foundations (OSF) y el European…
The Age of Unpeace: Therapy for internationalists | Session 2 with Parag Khanna
Join us on this journey to a more therapeutic approach to international relations. The mini-series brings you five episodes with guests including today’s Parag Khanna, Thomas Wright, and Anne Marie Slaughter.
Out of place: Why Europe needs a new refugee policy
The White House’s intent to restore the global human rights agenda should prompt the EU and its member states to rethink their refugee policies, at a time when refugees and other displaced people face immense challenges
19 Jan
The impact of European policy on the migration crisis
ECFR Paris is delighted to invite you to a virtual seminar on the migration crisis and European cooperation
How economic troubles are driving Tunisians and Lebanese to Europe
The European Union can provide greater grassroots support to the Tunisian and Lebanese economies – and help avert an economic crisis abroad and political crisis at home
How Germany could break the migration deadlock
The German Council presidency should work within a coalition of the willing to find a solution on migration.
30 Sep
How the Covid-19 crisis shaped European migration governance
The project MAGYC and the Paris office of ECFR are delighted to invite you to a public virtual debate: “How the Covid-19 crisis shaped European migration governance” on Wednesday 30 September
Uncertain solidarity: Why Europe’s new migration pact could fall apart
The New Pact on Migration and Asylum risks shifting responsibility for hosting refugees from the geographically disadvantaged to the economically disadvantaged
Publications
The war next door: Syria and the erosion of stability in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey
Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey have so far been resilient to the spillover from Syria’s civil war, but now the region’s stability is hanging by a thread
Paying the price: The cost of Europe’s refugee crisis
Europe can more sustainably and cost-efficiently handle refugee arrivals by centralising management at a European level
Bear any burden: How EU governments can manage the refugee crisis
The EU should broaden the scope of what is expected of member states on burden sharing on refugee crisis
Deals without borders: Europe’s foreign policy on migration
Europe has relied on outsourcing responsibility for managing migration to other countries, but has failed to offer real incentives to its partners
European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2016
The sixth ECFR Foreign Policy Scorecard highlights the EU’s diminishing ability to influence its neighbours, and the neighbourhood’s growing impact on the EU
Libya’s migrant-smuggling highway: Lessons for Europe
How the lessons of Libya can help European policymakers respond to the wider migration crisis
Articles
Three lessons from Europe’s response to Ukrainian migration
Europe’s response to Ukrainian migration has shown the benefits of a humane approach towards refugees. It should set a precedent for a more compassionate European migration policy
Turkey’s open door closes: How Europe can better support Syrian refugees
If Turkey and other countries begin deporting more Syrians back to Syria, Europe could experience a new wave of arrivals. European policymakers need to devise a more sustainable, longer-term approach to the issue.
Out of place: Why Europe needs a new refugee policy
The White House’s intent to restore the global human rights agenda should prompt the EU and its member states to rethink their refugee policies, at a time when refugees and other displaced people face immense challenges
How economic troubles are driving Tunisians and Lebanese to Europe
The European Union can provide greater grassroots support to the Tunisian and Lebanese economies – and help avert an economic crisis abroad and political crisis at home
How Germany could break the migration deadlock
The German Council presidency should work within a coalition of the willing to find a solution on migration.
Uncertain solidarity: Why Europe’s new migration pact could fall apart
The New Pact on Migration and Asylum risks shifting responsibility for hosting refugees from the geographically disadvantaged to the economically disadvantaged
Dependent on the ‘kindness of strangers’: Britain’s post-Brexit border reality
The UK wants to “take back control” of its borders – but is now finding out the reality of what this means
Unending lockdown: Why aiding child refugees could strengthen the European project
Leaving these children in dire conditions endangers European values – but politically straightforward remedies are within reach
Politicised aid: Why Europe should sustain cross-border humanitarian assistance to northern Syria
European countries should work to renew the UN Security Council resolution on cross-border humanitarian access to northern Syria, lest the area slides into a deeper humanitarian crisis
Haven and hell: How the EU should protect refugees during the covid-19 crisis
Even as it comes under intense pressure during the current crisis, the EU should not fail the most vulnerable displaced persons.
Podcasts
The Age of Unpeace: Therapy for internationalists | Session 2 with Parag Khanna
Join us on this journey to a more therapeutic approach to international relations. The mini-series brings you five episodes with guests including today’s Parag Khanna, Thomas Wright, and Anne Marie Slaughter.
Asylums, migrants or refugees : an explanation of the refugee crisis
Podcast du vendredi 29 avril 2016 sur la crise des réfugiés avec Angeliki Dimitriadi, Visiting Fellow à l'ECFR et Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Directeur du bureau de l'ECFR…
Refugee crisis: which future for “welfare Europe”?
Quatrième podcast de la série consacrée à la crise des réfugiés. Tara Varma, coordinatrice du bureau de Paris de l'ECFR, discute avec Bassma Kodmani,…
Refugee crisis: what are the EU’s prerogatives towards its member states ?
Troisième podcast de la série consacrée à la crise des réfugiés. Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, directeur du bureau de Paris de l'ECFR, discute avec Sylvain…
Supporting host countries in the region: a silver bullet for the refugee crisis?
ECFR speaks to humanitarian expert and former UNHCR representative Kilian Kleinschmidt about how EU countries can actively help solve the refugee crisis and how…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Enforced refugee quotas – the end of the european project?
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to ECFR senior policy fellows Susi Dennison, Josef Janning and Vessela Tcherneva about the possible implications of the refugee…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: East – West divide on refugee crisis?
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to Senior Policy Fellow Kadri Liik, and to the head of ECFR's Sofia office, Vessela Tcherneva, about the growing…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Refugee Crisis
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks to ECFR's CEO Dick Oosting, experts Susi Dennison and Josef Janning, about how the different EU countries deal with…
Events
22 Mar
La Hora de la Sociedad Civil: Un Diálogo Transatlántico sobre Venezuela
Este debate fue una iniciativa del Foro Cívico, de la Oficina en Washington para Asuntos Latinoamericanos (WOLA), el Open Society Foundations (OSF) y el European…
19 Jan
The impact of European policy on the migration crisis
ECFR Paris is delighted to invite you to a virtual seminar on the migration crisis and European cooperation
30 Sep
How the Covid-19 crisis shaped European migration governance
The project MAGYC and the Paris office of ECFR are delighted to invite you to a public virtual debate: “How the Covid-19 crisis shaped European migration governance” on Wednesday 30 September
14 May
Where next for Syria?
Discussion of recent developments in Syria and the implications for European policy toward the ongoing crisis.
14 Feb
Europe-Maghreb : quelle coopération en matière de migration ?
Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à un Black Coffee Morning, en présence de Tasnim Abderrahim, Shoshana Fine, Olivier Kaba et Chloe Teevan sur le thème suivant : « Europe-Maghreb : quelle coopération en matière de migration ? »
11 Feb
Migration Cooperation across the Mediterranean
Following the launch of Tasnim Abderrahim's paper on migration in the mediterranean, the ECFR Berlin is hosting a lunch time event to discuss European cooperation with North Africa.
12 Oct
Świat pod Lupą 2018
„Świat pod Lupą” to zaproszenie do spotkań i rozmów, w których postawimy pytania o Polskę, Europę i Świat
12 Oct
World in Focus
“World in Focus” is an event specially designed to encompass meetings, dialogues and panel sessions which will tackle questions about Poland, Europe and the world.
9 Oct
Les politiques migratoires et de sécurité de l’Union européenne dans le Sahel
Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à un Black Coffee Morning (BCM) avec Giovanni Faleg, Jalel Harchaoui, Andrew Lebovich, et moderé par Manuel Lafont Rapnouil
25 Apr
Dwa lata po porozumieniu UE-Turcja: Perspektywy polityki migracyjnej UE
Jak zabezpieczyć granicę przy jednoczesnym poszanowaniu prawa do azylu?
In the media
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
Talking about rejections when our population is aging so fast is not at all far-sighted: we should promote active migration policies and select the people we really need
Arturo Varvelli comments on the understanding between Rome and Tunis, the involvement of the EU and the possible scenarios on migration
The key to success is cooperation with migrants’ countries of origin and transit countries
This deal is an affront to professed European values and will do little to stop migration, just make it easier for Europeans to return the Tunisians that survive the trip
Tarek Megerisi comments on the agreement between the EU and Tunisia to combat irregular migration to Europe
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
