The Ongoing Search for the Promised Land

Before we start criminalising economic migrants as fortune seekers, we should realise that Western culture itself has spread the idea of fortune seeking across the globe. We are all in the same boat, but perhaps we have been searching in the wrong place.

Wim Bonis • May 18, 2016

The Future of EU Asylum Law

With the ink of the latest recasts barely dry, the Commission is already pushing for new reforms of EU asylum law. The goal: a unified European asylum policy.

Mark Klaassen • April 22, 2016

Family reunification for refugees is a human right

The failure of the Dublin system seems to have led to a race to the bottom among Member States in reception conditions for refugees, to the detriment of human rights protection.

Mark Klaassen • November 03, 2015

Sharing responsibility in times of crisis: Challenges at Europe's external borders

In the wake of the biggest refugee crisis since World War II, the dysfunctionality of European immigration & asylum policy is more evident than ever. Europe’s responses jeopardise its cherished border-free area & its self-image as a beacon of civilisation.

Melanie Fink • October 19, 2015

Towards legal access for asylum seekers

People drowning in the Mediterranean reach the headlines of the news, but the problem that there is no legal way of access for asylum seekers is hardly discussed. In this post the underlying problem of border deaths is discussed.

Mark Klaassen • October 01, 2015

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The Ongoing Search for the Promised Land

The Future of EU Asylum Law

Family reunification for refugees is a human right

Sharing responsibility in times of crisis: Challenges at Europe's external borders

Towards legal access for asylum seekers