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18 Jun 2018
Prague. Photo: ESI
ESI's Gerald Knaus was invited to present ESI's policy proposals at a seminar at the Czech Parliament on "The Future of European Migration and Asylum Policy" organised by MP Helena Langšádlová. The other participants were Peter Webinger, Deputy Director General for Migration at…
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20 Jun 2018
Gerald Knaus. Photo: ESI
ESI's Gerald Knaus gave a briefing to members of the Swiss delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on ESI's findings on institutional capture and corruption in the Council of Europe.
He also had meetings at the ministry of the interior on…
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24 Jun 2018
The most watched #imzentrum clip in 2018: Gerald Knaus on the consequences of national border policy. Video: ORF2
ESI's Gerald Knaus participated in a live debate on Austrian public TV on "Asylpolitik als Zerreißprobe – wie schafft Europa das?":
Die Spaltung Europas im Bereich Asyl und…
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21 Jun 2018
Gerald Knaus and Kerstin Andreae. Photo: Kerstin Andreae
ESI's Gerald Knaus participated in a panel debate on refugee policy in the university town Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg where he spoke on moral realism and solutions in current EU discussions on asylum and borders. The event was hosted and…
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12 Jul 2018
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ESI's analyst Adnan Cerimagic took part at a roundtable on "Bosnia and Herzegovina's path to the EU - What prospects for progress?", organised by the European Policy Centre in Brussels.
Adnan presented ESI's latest reports and ideas on Bosnia and the future of EU enlargement to the…
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3 Jul 2018
The canal at Noordwal and Veenkade in The Hague. Photo: ESI/Kristof Bender
On 3 July 2018 ESI's Kristof Bender was invited to a seminar about "The Netherlands and the EU Role in the Western Balkans: Improving Stability - At what Cost?" organised by the Clingendael Institute and the ECFR in The…
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26 Jul 2018
Interview with Gerald Knaus. Photo: Screenshot/The European Security and Defence Union
In May this year, ESI's Gerald Knaus gave a lecture at Nato Defense College: Lessons from the Balkans - Intervention, stability and forecasting. He now gave an interview on lessons from intervention and…
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13 Jul 2018
Gesine Schwan and Gerald Knaus. Photo: ESI
Gesine Schwan, the president of the Humboldt-Viadrina Governance Platform and ESI's Gerald Knaus published a joint proposal for a new approach for a common European asylum and refugee policy. The proposal foresees that EU funding could be provided…
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31 Jul 2018
Reactions to ESI proposal for refugee reception centres in Spain based on the Dutch "Ter Apel" model
Welt interview with Gerald Knaus: "Man darf die Dinge nicht treiben lassen"
On 30 July, ESI's Gerald Knaus gave an interview to WELT in which he argued for making it possible to quickly process asylum applications from refugees who are now coming to Spain, to support them in concrete terms and to…
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13 Jul 2018
Kristof with Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora. Photo: ESI
ESI's deputy chairman Kristof Bender participated in a research trip to Nigeria from 9 to 14 July 2018, organised by the Migration Strategy Group on International Cooperation and…