Media reactions

2021

November

BR
("Crisis at the External Borders - Where is EU Refugee Policy Headed?")
17 November 2021
Die Welt
(""Result of a failure to learn the right lessons from 2015," says migration expert")
16 November 2021
STERN
("Why the situation in Belarus is not comparable with 2015")
16 November 2021
RND
("Refugees continue to hold out at the border: Is the situation in Belarus comparable to the refugee crisis in 2015?")
16 November 2021
Der Standard
("Why does Europe allow itself to be blackmailed by a dictator with a few thousand displaced people?")
15 November 2021
Rzeczpospolitej
("EU sanctions and border defences have not dissuaded Belarus from attracting migrants")
15 November 2021
Dorzeczy.pl
("Expert warns: Lukashenko has set a trap for the European Union")
15 November 2021
Deutsche Welle
("Ukraine: Host country for refugees from Belarus?")
15 November 2021
Blick
("This is how a helpless EU let itself be duped")
14 November 2021
Radar.RP.pl
("Gerald Knaus: Lukashenko cannot be won by force")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
14 November 2021
RP Online
("Harshness and humanity: ways out of the refugee drama sought")
14 November 2021
Vol.at
("Expert Gerald Knaus on the crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border: "Hell on earth")
13 November 2021
Der Standard
("The diabolical trap from Minsk")
Op-ed by Gerald Knaus
13 November 2021
Die Welt
(""This is how the EU could let Lukashenko's blackmail attempt come to nothing".")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
13 November 2021
Morgenbladet
("Bosnia and Herzegovina: A new war is no longer unthinkable")
12 November 2021
evangelisch.de
("Pro Asyl: Accept refugees from the Polish-Belarusian border")
12 November 2021
Hayat TV
("Red lines were long crossed by Dodik and his group, sanctions need to be used strategicaly")
11 November 2021
N1
("Dodik implements, Serbia directs, and Moscow writes")
11 November 2021
Dagens Nyheter
("Researchers: Germany and Sweden must work together for humane border controls")
11 November 2021
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
("Push-backs or open borders? There is a third way")
11 November 2021
RBB
("Migration researcher: "EU does not have many options".")
11 November 2021
SWR2
("Migration dispute with Belarus - Is the EU failing at its external borders?")
11 November 2021
RND
("Accusations against secret service: Does Lukashenko send war veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan to the border in Poland?")
11 November 2021
Die Zeit
("We need the help of our neighbours!")
Op-ed by Gerald Knaus
10 November 2021
Die Welt
("Migration researcher accuses EU of "AfD policy" in dispute with Belarus")
10 November 2021
Tagesschau
("Refugee crisis at the EU's external border - what is the federal government doing?")
10 November 2021
STERN
("Migration researcher accuses EU of "AfD policy" in refugee dispute with Belarus")
10 November 2021
Der Spiegel
("Sanctions, deals, quotas? What the EU can do now")
10 November 2021
Berliner Zeitung
("Migration researcher: EU pursues "AfD policy" in refugee dispute with Belarus")
10 November 2021
Der Spiegel
("Poland's Defence Minister speaks of restless night")
10 November 2021
Tagesschau
("Germany must not duck away")
10 November 2021
Deutsche Welle
10 November 2021
ARD
("Refugees in Belarus")
10 November 2021
ARD
("Belarus: Migration researcher Knaus accuses EU of "AFD policy")
10 November 2021
Inicijativa za monitoring EU integracija
("Is solution for postponed enlargement in EU single market?")
10 November 2021
El Periodico
("Bosnia, in danger of disintegration by its warlords")
9 November 2021
Yle
(""The EU is trying to beat Belarus in a contest of cruelty", says researcher who taught Europe how to solve the last refugee crisis")
9 November 2021
wPolityce.pl
("Anti-Polish conference of the Batory Foundation on the border crisis: "The Polish Law and Justice government has similar political interests as Lukashenko".")
9 November 2021
RP Online
("People fleeing as political leverage")
9 November 2021
WDR Aktuelle Stunde
("Belarus Crisis: Disgrace for Europe")
9 November 2021
Sveriges Radio
("Migration expert: Let migrants seek asylum outside the EU")
9 November 2021
ORF
("EU also wants to sanction airlines")
9 November 2021
n-tv
("Knaus: Lukashenko "is about to achieve his goal".")
9 November 2021
ZDF
("Refugees as leverage")
9 November 2021
Yle
("Belarus pushes migrants to the EU border")
9 November 2021