Migration - The New Federalist

The contrasting treatment of Ukrainian and Syrian refugees: A tale of two migrations in the eyes of the EU

Migration is an expression of the human aspiration for dignity, safety and a better future. It is part of the social fabric, part of our very make-up as a human family - Ban Ki-moon A year ago, as the first deadly birds started to fall from the Ukrainian sky, the European Union was seized by (...)

Sunday 23 April 2023

Europe@School Episode 3: European Migration Agenda

Europe@School episode three is now live. Tune in for a discussion on what has happened with migration in Europe since the migration crisis, and where we should go from here. Nasos, Shaima and Alice, an impressive group of students and activists fill us in on the ins and outs of migration (...)

Wednesday 6 January 2021

Europe@School Episode 2: Unaccompanied Foreign Minors

Europe@School podcast releases its second episode - a discussion on unaccompanied foreign minors in Europe.

Wednesday 2 December 2020

Disproving the "Europe has been invaded by migrants” myth

The European Magnifying Glass: Migration in Focus feature continues!

Saturday 25 April 2020

Covid-19: What about the refugees at Europe’s borders?

While European countries take historic measures to protect themselves from COVID-19, the situation for asylum seekers at Europe’s borders is becoming more and more concerning. The lack of measures to protect foreign migrants from the virus would seem to highlight the lack of cohesion from (...)

Saturday 25 April 2020

It is our European duty to leave no one behind in times of Covid-19

JEF’s policy officer Alejandra Almarcha emphasises why a common migration and asylum policy is so vital.

Thursday 23 April 2020

The EU and Turkey’s wrestling match on migration

THE EUROPEAN MAGNIFYING GLASS - In late February, Turkey began a wrestling match with the European Union (EU) concerning migration. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan asked Europe for political and financial support in dealing with the Syrian crisis. Failing that, he threatened to open (...)

Friday 17 April 2020

Migration flows in Europe: clichés are dying hard

THE EUROPEAN MAGNIFYING GLASS While our understanding of the migration ‘problem’ is made up of political or economic calculations, it’s high time to see migrants and asylum seekers for what they really are: human beings. “Let’s stop this hypocrisy (…) we are facing an invasion, organised by Turkey.” (...)

Thursday 16 April 2020

Europe’s refugees five years on: a tale of immorality

Annika Pietrus opens this second edition of the European Magnifying Glass by looking into how refugees have fared since the peak of the migrant crisis in 2015.

Tuesday 14 April 2020

Europe’s refugees in 2020: a tale of immorality

Five years on from the peak of the crisis in 2015, Annika Pietrus argues that the European Union has failed in its duty to care for its refugees.

Monday 3 February 2020

Karl-Heinz Lambertz: “The past 15 years have seen a paradigm shift in the area of migration”.

The New Federalist interviews Karl-Heinz Lambertz, president of the European Committee of the Regions and of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community in Belgium. Many people consider the integration of migrants into the labour market – as well as migration in general – to be a matter for (...)

Monday 25 November 2019

When European migration practices clash with human rights

In 2015, the European Union (EU) experienced large migratory influxes, mainly from the African continent. Even though the number of arrivals was not as high as some made it seem, still the EU portrayed it as a crisis and accordingly, adopted a specific policy. Adopted in that same year, the (...)

Thursday 11 July 2019