Category: Press

Before the final vote on the reform of the Common European Asylum System, I explained to Deutschlandfunk radio why the European Greens will vote against most parts of the reform. The reform will not improve the organization of migration, but in practice will create more bureaucracy and more suffering for those affected and will not tackle the causes of flight. Why we need new approaches and a change of course, you can listen here.

In an interview with NDR, I criticized the fact that mass camps at the external borders do not solve any problems and why we cannot wipe away the complex challenges with simple answers. Above all, the reform will create a bureaucratic monster and hardly improve the situation in the municipalities or the chaos at the external borders. Here you can listen to the interview.

I tried to make it clear to Alexander Throm that there are no simple answers to complex challenges, even if the CDU would like there to be. Especially not when more and more wars, crises and natural disasters are forcing people to flee their homes. You can watch the world duel of the day here.

Following the Correctiv revelation that AfD politicians are already planning mass deportations together with other right-wing extremists, I spoke to Deutschlandfunk radio about the rise of right-wing extremism in Germany. It was also about the populism of conservative parties and the fact that we need to find our way back to a democratic culture of debate. Click here’for the interview.

The reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) includes a massive tightening of asylum law, but the overall package does not provide an answer to the real challenges of European migration policy. More on this in my interview with Deutschlandfunk.

The agreement between Italy and Albania cannot function under the rule of law and will not solve any problems, I told MDR. To the interview.

In an interview with the Frankfurter Rundschau, I explain why we urgently need a new direction in migration policy that faces up to the real challenges and is about facilitating integration and humanity. Click here for the interview.

I was a guest on the Süddeutsche Zeitung's "Auf den Punkt" program and talked about sea rescue and the EU asylum reform. You can access the podcast here.

In the podcast "Flight and Prejudice", I talk to Düzen Tekkal and Khesrau Behroz about sea rescue, Giorgia Meloni, Elon Musk and European asylum policy. To the podcast.

The European asylum compromise will not alleviate the suffering at the EU's external borders because it will neither tackle the causes of flight nor lead to more solidarity among the member states. To my SWR daily interview.