Opinion: EU refugee policy is morally bankrupt
But nobody dares to push for a new, more responsible and humanitarian EU refugee policy. Faced with the latest catastrophes in Italy or Syria, Germany - the country with the largest economy and the lowest youth unemployment - doesnt even have the .
Opinion: Greeces kamikaze strategy
And the attempt to play the European Commission and the Eurogroup off one another didnt help matters. Athens has used up all the EUs initial goodwill. Maybe Varoufakis is looking for a new job as a columnist with an international newspaper. Why else .
EU mulls quotas for refugees
EU interior ministers have often agreed on reforms to asylum policy that never amounted to much. Now, though, decisive action is to be taken together with neighboring countries, particularly Libya, against human traffickers who are known to take as.
Kosovo-EU migration turns into political point scoring in Serbia
Theres no end in sight to the flood of refugees from Kosovo into the EU. Its a touchy issue in. Just as many Serbs try to secure EU citizenship, whether in neighboring Croatia, Hungary, or Bulgaria, so many Kosovo Albanians want to have a Serbian.
Kosovo population drain challenges Germanys refugee policies
But Germany has now prioritized Kosovar applications and tries to process them within 10 days, though many of them are rejected, according to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). The president of BAMF, Manfred Schmidt, told DW that not .
Overview of German and European asylum policy
The anticipates that Germany will soon be receiving 200,000 new asylum applications a year ��� almost twice the number of refugees who came to Germany in 2013. Last year, according to the EUs statistics office, Eurostat, 435,000 asylum seekers were .
Opinion: Competition for valuable immigrants
Those who welcome the new openness should also be aware of its consequences. Firstly, those who say who they want are also saying who they dont want. Here, its easy to confuse the recruitment of skilled workers with the issue of political asylum.
Refugees in Germany: risking it all to build a future
But the German asylum system is a class system, Pelzer says: Not even one percent of asylum seekers from Serbia and other Balkan states, many of them Roma and Sinti, are granted asylum, as their countries of origin were officially classified as safe.
Gay asylum claims: Top EU court bans detailed sexual.
The EUs top court has banned the testing of people seeking asylum on homosexuality grounds, such as asking about their sexual practices. However, it says questions regarding stereotyped notions may be useful.
Shutdown for the EU? - Deutsche Welle
In the European Parliament such blockade politics may be just the tactic reactionary forces need to stir things up. Should EU and. Franziska Keller believes the right-wing populists will target the migration and refugee policies of the EU. Its going to be. The rise of populism is the most threatening social and political phenomenon in Europe today, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta told the New York Times. However.. Opinion: A political dream fulfilled 25.05.2014.
EU planning better refugee protection - Deutsche Welle
European Union. EU planning better refugee protection. Greece, Spain and Italy - many EU states are unable to cope with the influx of refugees from crisis areas and war zones. With refugee policies increasingly under fire, the EU is set. People in particular need of protection should be distributed across Europe, according to humanitarian criteria, and there should be legal ways to leave Greece, Kopp argues.. Voss believes the Arab Spring poses new challenges.
EU sketches plan to aid refugees in Mediterranean | Europe.
Two months after nearly 400 African migrants died off the island of Lampedusa, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstr��m has presented a master plan intended to prevent such tragedies in the future.. After witnessing several thousand deaths in the Mediterranean, the task force needs to present ways of protecting refugees that go beyond fighting illegal immigration, Lochbihler said.. DW recommends. EU needs new way to distribute refugees. In spite��.
Brok: EU lacks unified foreign policy strategy - Deutsche Welle
The European Union is in desperate need of a unified foreign policy as well as a strong foreign minister, veteran EU parliamentarian and foreign committee head Elmar Brok tells DW.. According to opinion polls, 70 percent of the population would like a unified foreign and security policy. I hope that. That is one of our most pressing challenges for the new term.. The Greek government has surrendered in the face of a massive influx of refugees from the Middle East.
Czechs grapple with Islam and Syria refugees | Europe | DW.
Theres already been a debate over whether to accept 15 Syrian refugee children who need urgent medical assistance. But some in Europe. The French, German and Italian interior ministers recently suggested the 28 EU members accept 100,000 more Syrian refugees, divided up according to national quotas that would be drawn up in Brussels.. Its necessary to understand each other and tolerate each others opinions.. EU refugee policy: every man for himself.
EU foreign policy chief Mogherini heads to Turkey | News.
Federica Mogherini, the EUs new foreign policy head, will hold talks in Turkey on the Islamic State and Russia. Her trip is scheduled one week after Vladimir Putin visited the transcontinental republic.
Opinion: EU needs a humane refugee policy
EU interior ministers have long since recognized that asylum and refugee policies have to change. The Mediterranean should not be allowed to become a vast graveyard, the Pope recently advised the European Parliament. He is right, of course - but how, .
Reports: Germany extends reprieve for some asylum-seekers
The opposition Left party spokeswoman on German interior affairs, Ulla Jelpka, told the paper it was Germanys fourth such delay and illustrated the effective failure of EU policy on asylum-seekers. In 1990, 12 EU nations adopted the Dublin.
Opinion: EU refugee policy is morally bankrupt - Deutsche.
The EUs interior ministers have discussed refugee policy following the catastrophe off Lampedusa - without any result. Theyve failed to use a good opportunity for a new, more humane policy, says DWs Ute Schaeffer.. We are behaving as if we need to protect ourselves from criminals or pirates. We owe these people a conscientious review of our asylum and refugee policies. But no one - not in Italy or Germany - wants a serious discussion about the consequences��.
Opinion: Germans arent overwhelmed by refugees, German bureaucracy is
The number 300,000 seems larges when its about new refugees to Germany this year. But when compared to the more than 50 million people who are currently displaced around the globe, its actually quite small. When 300,000 refugees enter a country of 80 .
Opinion: Headless Greeks endanger consensus with EU
. concerns in the EU. Terminating a foreign policy consensus to get Brussels to relent on a financial deal is the wrong strategy, says DWs Bernd Riegert.. Not just in sanctions do EU leaders need unanimity, but also in trade and budget matters.
A shocked Barroso promises help in Lampedusa - Deutsche.
After the tragedy off the coast of Lampedusa, refugee migration has become a focus of discussion. The European Commission is looking for new ways to deal with the crisis, and an EU summit could be in the works.
Frenchman hides Russian wife in a suitcase to sneak her into EU
There was no need for hiding, however, because even people without European Union citizenship are allowed to enter the passport-free Schengen zone if they can prove they are married to an EU citizen. Had she been sitting next to her husband, she would .
Opinion: Dealing with Putin, the outcast - Deutsche Welle
. aggressive. The EU needs to stick to a common line, says DWs Christoph Hasselbach.. Europe. Greece overwhelmed by influx of refugees 16.04.2015. Putin will likely have factored in an economic dry spell due to the international pressure, the price to pay for his imperialist policies. But that the. Putin left the weekends G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia earlier than planned, allegedly because he needed to rest up ahead of the new work week. After a good��.
Opinion: Is refugee rescue attracting more?
With its naval operations, Italys Mare Nostrum has saved 150,000 refugees in one year. But Mare Nostrum may soon be suspended. The EU mission Triton under the leadership of the European border agency Frontex is not designed to substitute the .
EU still torn on immigration | Europe | DW.DE | 14.10.2013
Europe is a continent of immigration, which needs to open legal immigration channels, says Martin Schulz. He calls for a. Martin Schulz is now calling on Europeans to radically rethink the EUs asylum policy. The president��.
EU mulls quotas for refugees | Europe | DW.DE | 10.10.2014
EU interior ministers have often agreed on reforms to asylum policy that never amounted to much. Now, though, decisive action is to be taken together with neighboring countries, particularly Libya, against human traffickers��.
Kosovo-EU migration turns into political point scoring in Serbia
Refugees. Kosovo-EU migration turns into political point scoring in Serbia. Theres no end in sight to the flood of refugees from Kosovo into the EU. Its a touchy issue in transit country, Serbia. Politicians are using the situation. On nationalistic websites such as srbijadanas.com or web-tribune.com people can read the supposedly true reasons for the flood of refugees: Kosovo Albanians are fleeing with their children because a new war is coming.. DW recommends��.
Opinion: EU abandons stance as climate leader - Deutsche.
The EU has lowered its climate targets. Its a very worrying signal, says DW climate correspondent Irene Quaile, and reason for arguing that the EU has lost its position as climate leader.
Kosovo population drain challenges Germany���s refugee.
Refugees. Kosovo population drain challenges Germanys refugee policies. The number of Kosovars seeking asylum in the EU has drastically increased. It poses a challenge to recipient countries in the region, including Germany, and is on. The president of BAMF, Manfred Schmidt, told DW that not only had applications from Kosovo had more than doubled from December to January, but over the past year - from January 2014 to January 2015 - there had been a��.
Opinion: Kosovo needs more help than the EU, US admit
Without aid from the EU and the US, this mass exodus will be unstoppable, DWs Robert Schwartz writes. Serbische Polizei nimmt illegale Auswanderer aus. The whole discussion by the EU interior ministers about liberalizing visa policies and declaring.
Opinion: EUs core values are crumbling
New Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his left-wing Syriza party have challenged European consensus. But its already come under scrutiny by other players, writes DWs Christoph Hasselbach. British Prime. Orban at least - but its not just him.
Opinion: Bosnia is still Europe���s black-hole of corruption.
The Bosnian politicians argued in Sarajevo in the presence of EU foreign policy High Representative Federica Mogherini and Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn so uncontrollably that their talks had to be postponed.. The office of the EU High Representative in the country needs to be made radically smaller, the expensive advisor posts need to be abolished, and the money saved made available to the state prosecutors, currently. DW recommends��.