Ten home truths on Europe’s refugee crisis

As Europe’s leaders headed to the European Council crisis summit on 23 September 2015, the discussion should not only put a spotlight on weaknesses in the European asylum system, and the fragility of freedom of movement across the EU when trust between neighbours breaks down. It should also trigger a renewed political focus on finding adequate foreign policy responses to the origins of the crisis.

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ESO: Background information: Informal meeting of heads of state or government, Brussels, 23 September 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/informal-meeting-of-heads-of-state-or-government-brussels-23-september-2015/

ESO: Background information: Europe’s Pathetic Lack of Foreign Policy Ambition http://www.europeansources.info/record/europes-pathetic-lack-of-foreign-policy-ambition/

ESO: Background information: When it comes to foreign affairs EU institutions cannot replace national policies http://www.europeansources.info/record/when-it-comes-to-foreign-affairs-eu-institutions-cannot-replace-national-policies/

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/

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 08.10.15: Merkel Is Not for Turning http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/?fa=61540

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