Refugee crisis after Valetta, Antalya and Paris

The days from the 11 November 2015 were a pivotal time for the future of Europe's response to the refugee crisis. The EU-Africa summit in Valletta, 11-12 November 2015 placed the focus on the western Mediterranean migration route and the G20 summit in Antalya, 15-16 November 2015 saw at least a rhetorical internationalisation of the crisis. But it was the 13 November 2015 brutal terrorist attacks in Paris that produced the greatest short term effect with many across Europe now explicitly linking migration with terrorism.

ECFR published a number of related commentaries:

+ Lessons in compromise: A view of Valetta and Antalya
+ View from Berlin: Merkel under pressure
+ View from London: A foreign policy focus
+ View from Madrid: Applying the lessons of the past
+ View from Paris: A change is coming
+ View from Rome: Eyes on Africa
+ View from Poland: New government, new tone
+ View from Sofia: A move to scepticism

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Letter to President François Hollande of France from European Council President Donald Tusk on the attacks in Paris / Joint statement of the Heads of State or Government and leaders of the European Union and its institutions on the terrorist attacks in Paris http://www.europeansources.info/record/countries-rethink-commitments-to-accept-refugees/

ESO: Background information: Valletta Summit on migration, 11-12 November 2015 / Informal meeting of heads of state or government, Valletta, 12 November 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/valletta-summit-on-migration-11-12-november-2015-informal-meeting-of-heads-of-state-or-government-valletta-12-november-2015/

ESO: Background information: G20 - Turkey 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-g20-turkey-2015/

ESO: Background information: Meeting: Foreign Affairs Council, 16-17 November 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/meeting-foreign-affairs-council-16-17-november-2015/

ESO: Background information: Meeting: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 20 November 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/meeting-justice-and-home-affairs-council-20-november-2015/

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