Refugee Crisis debate

Whilst hundreds of thousands of refugees are fleeing war zones and persecution, the EU is trying to figure out how to deal in 2015 with what many call Europe’s worst refugee crisis since the second world war. In this series, a range of experts debate what the EU could do in order to help solve the refugee crisis in the short, medium and long term.

+ Commentary: If Europe were a country (José Ignacio Torreblanca)

+ Commentary: How Europe can deal with the asylum crisis (Anna Terrón)

+ Podcast: The World in 30 minutes: refugee crisis podcast

+ Commentary: Refugees pushing Germany to take the lead again (Josef Janning)

+ Commentary: Moving on from panic mode: was last week a turning point in the migration challenge? (Susi Dennison)

+ Commentary: Europe’s jigsaw response to the refugee crisis (François Godement)

• Primary Source

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

ESO: Background information: The elephant in Europe’s living room: why the EU’s crisis summit must tackle the root causes of migration http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-elephant-in-europes-living-room-why-the-eus-crisis-summit-must-tackle-the-root-causes-of-migration/

ESO: Background information: Justice and Home Affairs Council, Brussels, 14 September 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/justice-and-home-affairs-council-brussels-14-september-2015/

ECFR: Foreign policy responses to a continuing refugee crisis http://www.ecfr.eu/debate/foreign_policy_responses_to_a_continuing_refugee_crisis

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

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