Member of the European Parliament
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.
In Europatalk, I discussed European refugee policy with Lena Düpont (CDU). I explained why the right-wing Italian government has no constitutional answers to offer and why it must stop obstructing sea rescues. To the program.
In Die Zeit, I discussed the current migration situation with Christin Dürr (FDP) and explained why tough deterrence measures do not automatically lead to fewer people coming. Click here for the interview.
In the TV debate with Philipp Amthor, I explained why the individual right to asylum cannot simply be abolished and why this demand is pure populism. Click here for the program.
In the Phoenix Roundtable, I discussed the current state of asylum and migration policy with Alexandra Throm (CDU), Tonia Mastrobuoni (La Repubblica) and Michael Bröcker (The Pioneer). Go to the program’s here.
On Deutschlandfunk radio, I made it clear that a migration agreement with Tunisia will not work and that Italy should actually have taken in many more refugees. To the interview.
I talked to NDR about the rescue of over 600 people by Ocean Viking and the situation of sea rescue in general. You can listen to the seven-minute conversation listen here.