A Zombie Proposal: the Recast Return Directive

A Zombie Proposal: the Recast Return Directive This Directive would fast-track asylum cases at the expense of fundamental rights. The EU should not resurrect it. Source: Pixabay The previous Italian government blocked migration cooperation completely, out of a desire...

Time for a Rethink on Libya?

Time for a Rethink on Libya? Failure to change course on Libya could undermine the EU Source: Pixabay The clamour of officials, lobbyists, politicians and campaigners seeking to get their policy proposals on newly inaugurated European Commission President, Ursula von...

What is a ‘European’?

What is a ‘European’? Criminalizing humanitarian assistance threatens the post-1945 European identity   This past year, the European Union has seen an emergence of new challenges which have brought its identity to question.   How do you define...

Another door closed, another wall built, another bridge burned

Another door closed, another wall built, another bridge burned Turkey violates international refugee law and Europe remains silent   Charles Bradley, one of the most talented artists to reside in my music library, wrote a song called “The World (is going up in...

Reflections on the illiberal revolution in the EU

Reflections on the illiberal revolution in the EU Portugal displays pro-immigration sentiment in the wake of anti-immigration member-states   In my third year of university, I wrote a paper on political philosopher Edmund Burke’s “Reflections on the Revolution in...