I spoke to the Frankfurter Rundschau about the EU special summit and explained that the wall-building rhetoric distracts from the real challenges.
Landmark court rulings in Rome and Strasbourg
In recent weeks, there have been two landmark judgments in European courts. First, at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the Croatian authorities were indicted, and second, at the Court in Rome, the Italian authorities were indicted. In both cases, the state actors were found guilty. Three prisoners burn to death in Croatian prison cell In December 2017, Croatia was …
Question to the Commission on pushbacks from Italy to Greece
A week ago, Lighthouse Reports published a report about the results of their research on pushbacks on tourist ferries from Italy to Greece. They found evidence that asylum seekers, including children, are being held in unofficial prisons – sometimes handcuffed – during the crossing in the belly of passenger ships. SRF and ARD …
„Then Europe might as well declare moral insolvency“
Watson reports on my speech criticizing the EU for criminalizing refugee aid. You can find the article here.
Criminalization of refugee assistance
In the European Parliament this week we discussed the criminalization of sea rescue and humanitarian aid. You can find my speech here. Read more in our study on criminalization in Europe.
Global inequality growing extremely fast
Since 2020, the richest one percent of the world's population has made more wealth than the remaining 99 percent combined. At the same time, every tenth person in the world is starving. You can find Oxfam's study on this here.
Migration Day 2022
On December 18, 1990, the UN Migrant Workers Convention was adopted by the UN General Assembly. It is the primary international standard against which governments should measure their national legal protections. Unfortunately, Germany has not yet ratified the Convention.
BIPoC from Ukraine welcome?
On December 10, 2022, I co-hosted a conference with PxP Embassy e. V. on the situation of third-country nationals in Germany and the German states. You can find the livestream here. We discussed together with representatives of civil society, politics and affected BIPoC people from Ukraine about the current situation and possible solutions …
BIPoC from Ukraine – Welcome? – Conference: December 2022
Together with PxP Embassy e.V. I will organize a conference on December 10, 2022 in Berlin to talk about the situation of the so-called third-country nationals from Ukraine in Germany. We want to discuss the current situation together with representatives of civil society, politics and affected BIPoC people from Ukraine. You can find the program here. …
Roundtable discussion on the Global Gateway Initiative
Together with the Eurodad organization, I hosted an event on the European Commission’s new Global Gateway Initiative. The initiative aims to bring together development goals and geopolitical interests to close the current financial gap for the implementation of development goals by mobilizing over 300 billion euros by the end of 2027. In order to create an exchange between the Commission, Eurodad …