Calais crisis

Camino Mortera-Martinez
03 August 2015

The ongoing crisis in Calais is a sad reminder that the EU is still far from finding a solution to its migration problems. It also shows how deep national divides have become in Europe. France blames Italy and Greece for failing to process asylum seekers arriving on its shores, opening the doors for them to travel elsewhere.
Dead in the water: Fixing the EU’s failed approach to Mediterranean migrants

Camino Mortera-Martinez, Rem Korteweg
23 April 2015

The humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean forces the EU to act. It should reform its asylum policy and take action in Libya, not resort to half measures.
Cameron's speech

Camino Mortera-Martinez
04 December 2014

The reforms to the benefits system proposed by Cameron will be difficult to negotiate and may require treaty change. Reforms should not lead to a Brexit.
Free movement

Camino Mortera-Martinez
27 November 2014

Free movement is good for Britain’s economy. Britain will struggle making the case for reform.
UK immigration

John Springford, Simon Tilford
27 January 2014

Britain's immigration debate is damaging the country's economic and political interests. It will also make it harder for David Cameron to renegotiate the terms of Britain's EU membership in a way that satisfies Tory eurosceptics.

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BBC World Service: The Real story - Europe's migration standoff

Luigi Scazzieri

20 July 2019

Luigi Scazzieri a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform discusses is it time for the EU to forge a new pact on migration and asylum?

Extradition cases signal alarming trust issues in the EU

Camino Mortera-Martinez

04 April 2019

E!Sharp

The European Arrest Warrant (EAW) is meant to enable near-automatic extradition within the European Union whereby suspects are transferred from one member-state to another as if the bloc were one single jurisdiction.