Adherence to the global refugee protection system has always been fragile. And yet, today the system risks collapse, as pushbacks are carried out routinely across the world, including in Europe, in Australia and in the US. How to protect the Geneva refugee convention today? How to persuade majorities in Europe and beyond that its implementation is not only possible but also in their interest?
To answer these questions, we published a series of essays, in English and German, on Humane Borders and the future of asylum.
ESI: Stellungnahme zu Migrationsabkommen mit sicheren Drittstaaten, June 2024 – English: Submission to the German Ministry of the Interior on safe third countries
Essay 1
Essay 1 – The promise and the agony – saving the refugee convention
Why International protection is at risk
Myths and facts on global asylum
Swiss tragedy – borders and refoulement
(From book: Which Borders do we need?)
Essay 2
Essay 2 – The popularity of pushbacks – lessons from Australia
The Damned of Papua New Guinea
(From book: Which Borders do we need?)
Essay 3
Essay 3 – Our Plan for the Aegean
(From book: Which Borders do we need?)
Essay 4
Essay 4 – The Optician and the Drowning
(From book: Which Borders do we need?)
Essay 5
Essay 5 – Refugees and the 2021 German Coalition Treaty
(From book: Which Borders do we need?)
Essay 1
Essay 1 – Das Versprechen und die Agonie – die Rettung der Genfer Flüchtlingskonvention
Die europäische Flüchtlingskonvention?
Grundlegende Fakten über internationalen Schutz in der heutigen Welt
Schweizer Tragödie – Grenzen und Refoulement
(Aus dem Buch: Welche Grenzen brauchen wir?)
Essay 2
Essay 2 – Die Popularität von Pushbacks – Lehren aus Australien
Die Verdammten von Papua-Neuguinea
(Aus dem Buch: Welche Grenzen brauchen wir?)
Essay 3
Essay 3 – Unser Plan für die Ägäis
(Aus dem Buch: Welche Grenzen brauchen wir?)