Asylum-seekers arriving on the Greek island of Lesvos (Photo: Aegean Boat Report) On Thursday (23 March) and Friday, the leaders of EU member states will get together in Brussels to discuss the future of EU migration policy. We already know…
There is an assumption that Russian public opinion can be measured meaningfully. But can it? (Photo: Arnaud Jaegers) The lack of Russian opposition to the Russo-Ukrainian War is puzzling. The war is obviously going nowhere, Russian casualties are staggering, the…
An anti-Erdogan protestor in London (Photo: Sushil Nash) After months of drama and tension that reached a climax in the last week of February, Turkey’s opposition has chosen Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), as their…
Far-right demonstrators in Dresden, claiming the allied bombing of the city during World War Two was a ‘holocaust’ (Photo: Kira Ayyadi) The threat of far-right extremism has been an increasing concern over the last years — from the ground gained…
Poland has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the EU. Pro-choice demonstrators confront police in 2020 (Photo: Spacerowiczka) Three years in prison is what Polish activist Justyna Wyndrzyńska is facing for showing empathy to another woman in need…
Ukrainian refugees arriving in Berlin. Yet nearly four-in-10 of the non-Ukrainian asylum seekers and refugees we interviewed had not received temporary protection (Photo: Matthias Berg) Long before it became a warzone itself, Ukraine was both a transit and destination country…
Russian missile strike on a nine-storey apartment block in Dnipro, 14 January 2023 (Photo: Ukraine.ua) One year after Russia’s assault on Ukraine, diplomats have yet to translate bold promises to defend international law into a concrete plan to hold president…
Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, now held in an undisclosed Iranian prison, and facing 40 years and 74 lashes (Photo: Amnesty International) Olivier Vandecasteele, an experienced and respected Belgian humanitarian worker, is being arbitrarily detained in an unknown location in…
The traditional defence of fossil fuels is that ‘the show must go on because what would happen if it didn’t?’. The counter-factual is now 'What will happen if the show continues? (Photo: Tim Dennell) The most shocking thing about the…
Antwerp’s Central Station – the surrounding city quarter is the diamond capital of the world (Photo: Wikimedia) Anyone walking around the area surrounding Antwerp’s Central Station can hardly ignore it. Antwerp is the diamond capital of the world. Thanks to…
Life won’t change for the disabled in Europe until the EU fully implements the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. (Photo: Sophie Deracrouix) When they asked us at the Sharm-El-Sheik airport to flatten the back of my…
Money-laundering. The sanctions unit within the European Action Service will also need beefing up in terms of capacity, financing, and human resources (Photo: Images_of_Money) EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced that crimes of corruption would be included in…