Global Migration Policy

Ten years after Europe’s “Welcoming Culture,” the EU has outsourced asylum to North Africa — ignoring racism, repression, and human rights abuses in pursuit of short-term border control.

As Sudan’s war rages on, millions have been displaced—most of them women and children. On World Refugee Day, journalist Shimaa Samy shares the intertwined stories of two Sudanese women in Cairo. 

The violent clashes in Sudan since April 2023 have led to considerable displacement and great hardship for the civilian population. Despite this, the humanitarian crisis is hardly being addressed by the European public. An analysis of the causes and consequences of the conflict and the resulting refugee movements.

While millions protested the murder of George Floyd and racist police brutality all over the world, there has been a lack of acknowledgement of the injustices towards Black women, and of their leading roles in social movements. Edna Bonhomme analyses the significance of Black women within social movements throughout history until today.

The murder of George Floyd amidst of a global pandemic has triggered a global conversation among the Black diaspora and its progressive allies. In the editorial for our #BlackLivesMatter focus, award-winning journalist Gary Younge analyses the current debates in the U.S. and in Europe.

The murder of George Floyd has thrown the United States into a state of unrest. President Trump is throwing fuel on the fire in an attempt to increase his re-election chances. The main problem, however, is historical, structural racism – and not just in the U.S. An interview with Bastian Hermisson in Washington and Mekonnen Mesghena in Berlin.