Debates From The Observatory: The Refugee Crisis In Europe

We have just finished discussing the rise of the far-right parties when now we must address another phenomenon that is related to it: the refugee crisis in Europe. In recent times we have become familiar with news of thousands of people dying in the Mediterranean; we have seen people escaping their home countries just because of political, ethnic, economic… and other reasons. Not all western countries are happy to welcome refugees, thus provoking a humanitarian crisis, as well as a very intense political debate. In today’s program, Karla Kuokkanen will try to understand the role of the refugees, whereas Gellért Kovács and Ahmed Abdullah will try to explain their own position towards the control of migration.