If Haftar is welcomed as a political representative, he will likely ask for something political in exchange, and this could ultimately disrupt UN mediation efforts in the long term
Media mentions – Migration
Nearly all political parties, with the exception of pro-Kurdish HDP, are running on a platform for voluntary or involuntary repatriation of Syrians
Asli Aydintasbas comments on the immigration and refugee issue in the Turkish elections
The situation will not improve if we continue to treat migration solely as an emergency
Lorena Stella Martini comments on Italy’s decision to adopt a status of emergency over migration
Saied thinks he has the upper hand. But (…) it seems that he is not that strong and that we are once again betting on the wrong horse.
Arturo Varvelli comments on the possibility to grant new loans to Tunis and on the intersection between new funds and the control of migration flows towards Europe.
[The Italian government] wants to create an anti-Russian anti-Wagner narrative that seeks to internationalize the migrant crisis and the Libyan crisis within the larger crisis with Russia
Arturo Varvelli comments on migration flows towards Europe, on the role of the Wagner militia, and on the latest shipwreck off the Libyan coasts
The only solution is a stabilization of Libya. It is neither easy nor immediate, but it is the only solution that can yield results.
Arturo Varvelli comments on the control of migration flows along the Central Mediterranean route
Poles are afraid of the economic situation and inflation and are becoming more and more irritated by what they perceive as a favourable treatment of the Ukrainian refugees
Piotr Buras on the new influx of Ukrainians and increase in migrants from other regions in the EU
The Italian government is playing a dangerous game: to maintain a hard line on migrants, it risks undermining its relationship with France, that had become positive under Draghi
Arturo Varvelli comments on the evolution of relations between Paris and Rome in the wake of the latest tensions concerning the management of migration
Lorena Martini says the Ukraine crisis should galvanize more European solidarity toward asylum-seekers from elsewhere
Negotiating new agreements with the Libyan leadership would certainly be extremely complicated right now, given that the country is once again divided among different authorities
Lorena Stella Martini comments on the approach that a new Italian government led by Giorgia Meloni might adopt on migration