In the past, Mauritania was mostly a transit country. These days, migrants traveling there are increasingly blocked. Police brutality toward the „foreigners“ is also on the rise.
Algeria is a role model of migration control: there are penalties for leaving the country and the nation takes back its deported expatriates. Yet its leadership is proving to be a difficult co-operation partner.
For a long while, Morocco played the role of border guard to Europe. Liveable prospects for migrants emerged here temporarily. Since that time, repression has again become the order of the day.
To ward off terrorism, the EU is building border facilities for Tunisia. But the country is reluctant to become a detention centre for transit migrants.
The EU wants to outsource the sealing of national borders to Egypt, and Cairo presents itself as an accessory in carrying out the task. The condition of refugees in Egypt is catastrophic.
Although France has a long history of immigration, the country is increasingly looking to curb the number of people crossing its borders. Actively negotiating with migrants’ home nations is its strategy.
Sie repräsentierte den sozialen Liberalismus so sehr wie sonst keine Politikerin der Bundesrepublik. Hildegard Hamm-Brücher ist im Alter von 95 Jahren gestorben.
Um kaum eine Sammlung wird erbitterter gestritten als um den Nachlass des Galeristen Alfred Flechtheim. Jetzt ziehen seine Erben in den USA vor Gericht.
