WE AND THE REFUGEES

Robert Misik in conversation with Gerald Knaus
WE AND THE REFUGEES

While migration is increasingly being used as a means of exerting political pressure - for example during the Russian invasion of Ukraine or the war in Syria - the question is quickly raised about large-scale refugee movements in Europe: Does irregular migration jeopardise democracy? Migration expert Gerald Knaus shows the extent to which flight also calls our values into question: Is it moral to differentiate between refugees and other migrants? Or is it immoral not to? Are we particularly empathetic because Europe has taken in the most refugees in the world in recent years? Or hypocrites because more people die at Europe's borders than anywhere else? Talking about refugees also means talking about morality, politics and human nature. At the same time, Knaus shows what solutions for humane borders and more protection for refugees look like.

Gerald Knaus, sociologist and migration researcher
Robert Misik, Author and journalist

Gerald Knaus is an internationally sought-after expert who advises governments and institutions on the topics of refugees, migration and human rights. Born in Salzburg and now living in Berlin, the founding director of the think tank European Stability Initiative (ESI) studied philosophy, politics and international relations in Oxford, Brussels and Bologna, was a founding member of the European Council on Foreign Relations and an Associate Fellow at the Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

In co-operation with the Brandstätter publishing house.

Gerald Knaus: We and the refugees
Brandstätter publishing house, 2022
ISBN: 978-3-7106-0647-2, 160 pages, € 20.00, e-book € 15.99