In the forty-fifth episode of the EU to go podcast, Thu Nguyen talks to Judith Kohlenberger about European asylum policy and how ever-intensifying migration debates are fueling undercutting competition in the EU.
The topic of migration has dominated the European agenda in recent weeks. More and more EU countries are calling for a more restrictive migration policy and in Germany, too, there are heated discussions about tougher measures such as increased deportations and border controls. Why are more and more member states opting for isolation? What consequences do national solo efforts and measures have for solidarity in Europe? And what pragmatic and humanitarian solutions could provide long-term relief?
Judith Kohlenberger, migration researcher at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and Affiliate Policy Fellow at the Jacques Delors Centre, examines the key questions together with Thu Nguyen: Can the EU find a sustainable solution for asylum policy that is both pragmatic and humanitarian? Why are national solo efforts, such as the Italian Albania agreement, ineffective? Together, they analyze the “downward competition” in migration policy and Germany's role in this - as always, explained briefly and concisely in this episode of “EU to go”.
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