Paris – ESI at the French Senate: What policy France should propose for sea rescues, asylum, and migration at Europe's external borders

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ESI' Gerald Knaus was invited to a conference organised by the European League of Economic Cooperation at the French Senate in Paris. He presented ESI proposals what policy Europe needs to deal with irregular migration across the Mediterranean and what policy France should propose for sea rescues, asylum, and migration at Europe's external borders.

The other speakers were Monique Barbut, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification; Hippolyte d'Albis, professor at the PSE-École d'économie de Paris; and Jean-Christophe Dumont, economist and head of the migration department at the OECD.

The following day, Gerald spoke at a lunch briefing on migration for government officials and NGO representatives organised by the German Heinrich Böll Foundation.

• ESI proposal: The right refugee policy for Europe (Sanchez Plan) (11 August 2018)
• Refugees Deeply, John Dalhuisen Gerald Knaus, How Italy Can Combine Migration Control With Human Rights (13 March 2018)
• ESI paper: "Amsterdam in the Mediterranean" – How a Dutch-style asylum system can help resolve the Mediterranean refugee crisis (26 January 2018) – ​also available in Italian: "Amsterdam nel Mediterraneo"
• ESI proposals for the refugee crises in the Central Mediterranean and the Aegean: www.esiweb.org/refugees