The European Union experienced the recent weaponization of migrants by Belarus, as well as by Mediterranean neighbors, triggering a willingness to consider a security-first approach to migration. Now that a genuine refugee crisis is unfolding on its doorstep, the EU has responded with one voice, including even Hungary and Poland, which are the toughest on irregular migration. Hungary itself has already opened its borders to nearly 100,000 refugees since the conflict began in next-door Ukraine, making the perspective of Hungarian migration experts particularly relevant.
Join experts on March 7 at 17 p.m. as they examine asylum policies in Europe and the United States and provide solutions to “The Hijacking of Asylum.
Participants:
- Panel 1: The Hijacking of Asylum
- Viktor Marsai, Research Director (MRI): The Soft Underbelly of Europe under Siege – The Instrumentalization of Migration by the EU’s Mediterranean Neighbors4
- Todd Bensman, Senior National Security Fellow (CIS): The Almost Familial Tie between Asylum and Terrorist Infiltration
- Szabolcs Janik, Operations Director (MRI): Blackmailed by Europe’s Last Dictator – The 2021–2022 Belarus–European Union Border Crisis
- Panel 2: Responses in the U.S. and Europe
- Kristof Gyorgy Veres, Andrassy National Security Fellow (MRI): The Empire Finally Strikes Back? – The Response of the Member States and the EU to the Instrumentalization of Migration
- Andrew Arthur, Resident Fellow in Law and Policy (CIS): Biden Administration’s Attempts to Expand Asylum
- Mark Krikorian, Executive Director (CIS): Asylum: An Idea Whose Time Has Passed
The live stream will be available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enRZjXMCJjM
