The undersigned researchers, faculty, staff and alumni of the European University Institute wish to express our outrage at the deaths of thousands of people on their journey to Europe.
Dealing with the refugee crisis has become part of the Greek political parties’ agenda due to the forthcoming elections on September 20.
Instead of focusing on this humanitarian crisis, governments in Europe, the United States and Canada are only concerned with the number of migrants they can take in.
It is through dialogue, not wars, that Europe can work towards alleviating the humanitarian crisis that is apparent on its shores.
Perhaps the people will react faster than the state: the People's Armada is crowdfunding a new vessel to undertake search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean. Please give generously.
We tend to think that the external limits of the European Union define the 'real' borders of Europe, which is a mistake.
The hostile response of central and eastern European heads of states to the prospect of accepting Syrian refugees is emblematic of a wider problem of democracy and liberalism in these countries.
The issue of making refugees walk 20 or 25 kms in the blazing heat is just one example amongst many that demonstrates the casual cruelties which are routinely inflicted on the refugees who arrive on Samos.
The inability of the European Union to agree a meaningful response to the current migrant crisis is not only disgraceful, it risks defining the Union’s legacy as a spectacular failure.
The refugee crisis is symbolic of the political crisis in Europe. To avoid systemic collapse, Europe must return to solidarity and protecting those fleeing war and persecution.
I have been a migrant. I have lived, legally and illegally, in nine different countries. In 1993, I first tried to escape Romania.
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Despite seemingly breaching the Dublin regulation, the EU’s response to Hungary’s anti-migration fence has been limited to a single, prosaic press statement; "We have only recently taken down walls in Europe; we should not be putting them up."
