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After Brussels, A Disasterous Deal for Refugees

After Brussels, A Disasterous Deal for Refugees

FromGlobal Dispatches -- World News That Matters


After Brussels, A Disasterous Deal for Refugees

FromGlobal Dispatches -- World News That Matters

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Mar 24, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The attacks in Brussels this week are accelerating an already heated conversation in Europe about the unrelenting movement of refugee from the Middle East to the continent. 
The attacks on Tuesday came just days after the EU sealed a highly controversial agreement with Turkey in which refugees arriving to the greek islands would be expelled back to Turkey.
 
This agreement is highly maligned by the United Nations and refugee advocates for reasons I discuss with a UN official and a refugee advocate. This episode is in two parts. First, I speak with Melissa Flemming,  a spokesperson for the UN Refugee Agency, also known as UNHCR. She offers a grounds eye view of how this new deal is affecting the work of the UN Refugee Agency on the Greek Islands and explains why UNHCR is refusing to collaborate in the implementation of this agreement. 
 
Next, I speak with Michel Gabaudan, president of Refugees International, who discusses the details of the deal and does a good job of putting it in a larger context of global refugee policy. 
 
Released:
Mar 24, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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