Refugees and migration: Is Europe closing its doors?

The “Global Refugee Crisis 2026” report, published Monday in Berlin, is intended to be a wake-up call, according to its co-editor Petra Bendel from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Bavaria). At its presentation, she expressed concern about the impact of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), a legal framework adopted in 2024 that will become legally binding across all EU member states on June 12: “We fear a further expansion of detention-like accommodation for asylum seekers at the external borders,” Bendel said. She was especially critical of the plan to concentrate refugees found to have no prospect of asylum in “return hubs,” repatriation centers […]... Keep on reading: Refugees and migration: Is Europe closing its doors?