Political Asylum in Europe: responding to the challenges of the Mediterranean

On 8th July the working group on the future of Europe organised by the Policy Planning Department (CAPS) of the French Foreign Affairs ministry and the International Research Centre (CERI) at Sciences Po met to exchange views on Europe's asylum policy with Vincent Cochetel, Europe Bureau Director of the UNHCR. Vincent Cochetel put forward an analysis of the varying forms of the present crisis taking place in Europe: a crisis linked to the massive influx of refugees into Europe, one of responsibility and solidarity between States, of trust, of values etc.. In his opinion the crisis in which Europe now finds itself is deeply political: it challenges the values of solidarity and trust between the EU's Member States.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Finding solutions to migratory pressures http://www.europeansources.info/record/finding-solutions-to-migratory-pressures/

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