Neda Noraie-Kia on the shipwreck off Pylos INTERVIEW Three days after the refugee shipwreck off the coast of Pylos, on 18-06-2023, Deutsche Welle asked Neda Noraie-Kia, Head of Migration Policy Europe at the Heinrich Böll Foundation, to share her views on the tragedy and on the new migration and asylum policy promoted by the European Commission. Watch the short yet informative interview.
How the media covers migration in different countries along the “Balkan route” VIDEO We have recently completed the publication of three e-papers on how the media covers migration along the so-called Balkan route, namely in Turkey, Greece, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. Here you can watch a short yet very informative video summarising the main findings of these three surveys.
In defence of defenders: Criminalised solidarity in Europe The toolkit "In defence of defenders: A practical guide to legal means and advocacy tools for criminalised Human Rights Defenders in Europe" is an attempt by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and the Border Violence Monitoring Network to present targeted Human Rights Defenders existing options for action and defence. You can watch the video of the launch event here.
Moving Cities: Another migration policy is possible ONLINE EVENT The “Moving Cities” website is a platform that brings together in a network around 700 cities and communities across Europe, which defend refugees’ rights and operate an active policy of welcome, often in opposition to the national governments. To mark the launch of the website, an online event was organised, which you can watch in the video.
Bridges - Encounters on Migration and Asylum in Europe #2 Parliament in Exile. Afghan Women’s Resilience and the EU's Responsibility to Act VIDCAST "Bridges" is about bringing together different people on relevant questions on migration and asylum in Europe. With Nazifa Yusufi Bek, elected member of the Afghan parliament, and Hannah Neumann, member of European Parliament.
Bridges - Encounters on Migration and Asylum in Europe #1 Forced to flee - but where to? Europe, Greece and those displaced from Afghanistan VIDCAST "Bridges" is a about bringing together different people on relevant questions on migration and asylum in Europe. With Parwana Amiri, Human Rights Activist and Author and Stelios Kouloglou, Member of European Parliament and of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Green Room #2 Interview with the Greek Ombudsman on his latest report on alleged pushbacks VIDCAST Our regional head of migration programme, Neda Noraie-Kia, talked to the Greek Ombudsman, Mr. Andreas I. Pottakis, about his latest report on alleged pushbacks to Turkey of foreign nationals who had arrived in Greece in search for international protection.
