The year in review: ECFR readers’ top choices of 2024
From the elections in Europe and the United States, to developments in Ukraine and the Middle East, check out ECFR’s most popular reads of 2024
Experts & Staff
Mireia Faro Sarrats
Communications Officer
Areas of expertise
Human rights, migration, war crimes, peacebuilding and conflict transformation, international humanitarian law, democracy, political movements
Languages
Spanish, Catalan, English, German
Biography
Mireia Faro Sarrats is the communications officer at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Previously, she worked as a communications officer at the European Institute of the Mediterranean, a public affairs officer at the United States Consulate General in Barcelona, and in the communications department of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights in Vienna. Faro was also an intern at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna and at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs. She conducts research mainly in the areas of human rights and migration.
She holds a BA degree in journalism from the Universitat Ramon Llull – Blanquerna and an MA in human rights, democracy and globalisation, from the Open University of Catalunya.
Touching the void: Human rights in foreign policy under Trump 2.0
Donald Trump’s second presidential administration is imminent. The European Union should prioritise international collaboration to challenge America’s likely hardline approach to human rights
Waltzing in: What Harris’s running-mate could mean for US foreign policy
Kamala Harris has completed the Democratic ticket by choosing Tim Walz as her running-mate. Here’s what his vice presidency could mean for the future of US foreign policy
A cautionary tale: Why the UK’s Rwanda bill is doomed for political failure
Finally passed into law, the UK’s bill to process migrants in Rwanda has been a political disaster. European governments should remember that not only does such a policy not work to deter migration, it will politically damage any party that adopts it
Fear and fatigue: Why anti-migrant sentiment in Europe helps Russia
To ensure sustainable support for Ukrainian refugees, Europeans need to find ways to overcome anxieties about other migrant groups
The year in review: ECFR readers’ top choices of 2023
From the Russia-Ukraine war to America and China, check out the most popular reads with ECFR this year
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
Hidden women: How European countries can help protect Afghan women’s rights
European countries need to look for the partners they made over the last 20 years and together redraw an Afghan-led strategy to protect women’s rights
Articles
The year in review: ECFR readers’ top choices of 2024
From the elections in Europe and the United States, to developments in Ukraine and the Middle East, check out ECFR’s most popular reads of 2024
Touching the void: Human rights in foreign policy under Trump 2.0
Donald Trump’s second presidential administration is imminent. The European Union should prioritise international collaboration to challenge America’s likely hardline approach to human rights
Waltzing in: What Harris’s running-mate could mean for US foreign policy
Kamala Harris has completed the Democratic ticket by choosing Tim Walz as her running-mate. Here’s what his vice presidency could mean for the future of US foreign policy
A cautionary tale: Why the UK’s Rwanda bill is doomed for political failure
Finally passed into law, the UK’s bill to process migrants in Rwanda has been a political disaster. European governments should remember that not only does such a policy not work to deter migration, it will politically damage any party that adopts it
Fear and fatigue: Why anti-migrant sentiment in Europe helps Russia
To ensure sustainable support for Ukrainian refugees, Europeans need to find ways to overcome anxieties about other migrant groups
The year in review: ECFR readers’ top choices of 2023
From the Russia-Ukraine war to America and China, check out the most popular reads with ECFR this year
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
Hidden women: How European countries can help protect Afghan women’s rights
European countries need to look for the partners they made over the last 20 years and together redraw an Afghan-led strategy to protect women’s rights
In the media
National elections are next year and everything that is said or decided is already part of the election campaign
Mireia Faro on Germany’s decision to tighten border controls
Instead of trying to improve asylum and integration systems, mainstream parties are imitating the right wing, like the Rwanda Bill
Mireia Faro on the Germany’s new border control policy
This will likely set a precedent for other EU member states that are not very supportive of migration, such as Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, to claim some kind of security threat
Mireia Faro Sarrats on Germany´s new border control policy
I share the concern of many experts that half of the eligible voters will opt for abstention, resulting in a low turnout
Mireia Faro analyses the importance of the European elections
Mireia Faro on the Rwanda Bill and the externalisation of EU migration policies