The EU asylum policy of deterrence is inhumane - and does not work

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Ingeborg Eliassen
Ingeborg Eliassen
10 December 2020
The Moria refugee camp has been a shop window for Europe’s asylum policies, featuring deterrence. Governments have spent billions of public funds to curb migration. But deterrence does not work on refugees, say migration experts. Instead, they call for alternatives that are both realistic and humane.
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