London – ESI at the UBS European Conference 2018: "Immigration: Threat to Europe Unity or Thriving Opportunity?"

Gerald Knaus (right) at the panel discussion on migration at the 8th UBS European Conference . Photo: UBS Group

ESI's Gerald Knaus took part in the 8th European Conference of the UBS Group where he presented ESI's latest proposals on European migration policy.

The panel debate he contributed to also was an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas on migration policy with other leading actors in the field. Offside the conference, Gerald met with British MPs and ministers, the Spanish Ambassador for Migration Issues and attended a meeting at the UK Foreign Office together with ESI colleague John Dalhuisen.

Gerald also used the opportunity of his stay in London to record a podcast with the European Council on Foreign Relations, discussing ESI's proposal on EU entry bans to protect human rights:

• ESI newsletter: Spring cleaning – the corruption report on the Council of Europe is out (23 April 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