The EU should adopt long-term humanitarian measures to cope with illegal immigration. ANKARA  – EU struggles to cope with immigration, especially illegal immigration which has turned into a humanitarian crisis as hundreds lost their lives. Experts criticize the EU for handling the issue mainly from a security perspective rather than…

Brussels, 4 December 2013 – The European Commission today presented proposals on the new EU ‘Mediterranean Taskforce’, which was established in response to the latest refugee disaster off the coast of Lampedusa. Commenting on the proposals, Green migration policy spokesperson Ska Keller said: “This Taskforce shows the Commission has sadly…

A week before the global trade talks in the WTO in Bali, on November 27: As part of the launch of the “Alternative Trade Mandate”, activists and campaigners from all over Europe organised a 2-hour “walk of resistance and alternatives” through the EU quarter. They stopped at hotspots of current EU trade policy-making with banners, posters and…

Hearing on social and environmental standards in trade agreements In a hearing in the trade committee the International Labor Organisation (ILO) presented a study which compared the effectiveness of social and environmental standards in trade agreements of the EU and the USA. The study concludes that the US’ system is…

Last week I joined the protest of French NGOs against “Fortress Europe”. In front of the European Parliament in Strasburg they rolled out a list with the names of 17,306 refugees that had died at the borders of Europe. It was shocking to see that the list was nearly one…