Migration
The EU’s migration and security woes have boosted populism and nativism across the bloc. The COVID-19 outbreak has complicated things even further. Member-states have re-instated national borders, leaders refuse to take asylum seekers in and lack of co-ordination threatens the single market and hampers the EU’s passport free area of Schengen. If left unsolved, the migration and Schengen crises could eventually deal a fatal blow to the European project itself.
'Global Britain' must get real on migration
03 March 2021
Politico
The UK’s crude conversation on labor mobility could undermine its status as a major services player.
Now in EU interest to work with Turkey on migration
05 March 2020
EU Observer
The European Union is facing the prospect of renewed migration crisis after Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared he would "open the gates" and allow the over four million refugees living in Turkey to freely travel to Europe.
La nueva crisis migratoria de la UE no es cuestión de números
17 January 2019
El Periodico Internacional
Si los líderes europeos siguen dejándose llevar por la retórica del pánico y la construcción de muros, los populistas habrán ganado la partida.
Merkel and Salvini's migration crisis: Much ado about nothing?
23 July 2018
E!Sharp
The number of people arriving in Europe is much lower in 2018 than in previous years. Yet, at the European Council on June 28th-29th, EU leaders had to grapple with Germany and Italy’s twin political crises over migration and asylum policy.
The Wonk: Britain will struggle to make EU migrants 'go home'
03 November 2016
The wonk.eu interviewed CER research fellow, Camino Mortera-Martinez on 'Britain will struggle to make EU migrants 'go home'.
Judy Asks: Is Central Europe destroying EU solidarity?
05 October 2016
Carnegie Europe
Central Europe's defiant approach toward the refugee crisis has undermined EU unity, but it has not triggered its erosion.
Kontrol med migration er nøglen
14 September 2016
Information.dk
Med undtagelse af Merkel er EU-ledere end ikke begyndt at tale med deres egne befolkninger om udfordringens størrelse ved migration, mener britiske Ian Bond, leder af Centre for European Reforms udenrigspolitiske afdeling.
A death foretold
18 August 2016
The Mark News
The worst refugee crisis since World War II, a seemingly never-ending string of terrorist attacks, and the rise of populism across Europe threaten to bring the Schengen area down.
Cómo salvar Schengen
04 June 2016
El Pais
La EU ha perdido el control de sus fronteras. Schengen, el acuerdo que abolió los controles fronterizos en 26 países europeos, está a punto de derrumbarse.
The collapse of Schengen would have only two winners: Terrorists and populist parties
05 May 2016
The Telegraph
Unprecedented numbers of asylum seekers making their way into Europe have led some member states to close their borders.
The reckless return of migrants to Turkey is a dangerous time for Europe
05 April 2016
The Independent
Ankara has not managed to shut down migration flows in the past, and there is nothing to prevent the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, asking for more concessions.
Doubts grow as EU leaders meet on migrant deal with Turkey
16 March 2016
Voice of America
European Union leaders begin talks Thursday to work out a migrant deal with Turkey... But prospects of finalizing an agreement appear to be fading. Analyst Camino Mortera-Martinez is betting against it. "I think the opposition among member states is growing, and it's going to be very difficult to justify and craft a deal in such a short time frame," says Mortera-Martinez, a research fellow at the CER. Even if a deal is reached, she added, "there are many practical problems in implementing it."
Migrant crisis: EU-Turkey deal on the rocks
15 March 2016
The Telegraph
Camino Mortera-Martinez with the CER, said that legal challenges to the deal were inevitable unless it was substantially revised, or "decaffeinated". "This deal hasn’t been thought through and they are having to think though the implications after having already announced it," she said, "From political and practical point of view there is a lot to resolve in a very short period."
A deal with Turkey to stanch the flow of refugees may be the European Union's last hope to find a solution
12 March 2016
The Economist
Many are shocked that the EU has made such a lavish offer when Mr Erdogan has nothing but contempt for Europe's values and is undermining the independence of Turkey's courts and media. Some EU members, particularly those with strong right-wing parties, regard visa-free travel as "very sensitive and problematic", says Camino Mortera-Martinez of the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank.
CER podcast: Emergency EU Turkey summit
09 March 2016
Sophia Besch talks to the CER's JHA expert Camino Mortera-Martinez about the details of this week's migration summit deal and broader implications for the sustainability of Schengen.
BBC World News: EU migrant crisis
25 February 2016
Ian Bond talks to BBC World News on Europe's migrants crisis.
Taking security seriously in the age of global terror
22 December 2015
The Wall Street Journal
As terrorists slip across borders and hide on the Internet, Europe and America must learn to share intelligence better.
The policy failures masked by scapegoating migrants
09 December 2015
Financial Times
By focusing on ‘welfare tourism’, the government has deflected criticism of its policies, writes Simon Tilford.
Judy Asks: Can Merkel survive the refugee crisis?
21 October 2015
Carnegie Europe
Every week, a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Judy Asks: Will the refugee crisis destroy the EU?
23 September 2015
Carnegie Europe
Every week, a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.