This summer saw far-right mobs unleash devastating violence towards migrants and asylum seekers in Britain. It’s a far cry from the outpouring of sympathy shown during the European refugee crisis a decade ago.
The new seven-part documentary podcast Fortress Europe shows how years of increasingly brutal and dehumanizing anti-migrant policies have fanned the flames of extremism but still failed to prevent record high asylum applications. We travel across the continent hearing from people making treacherous journeys, those trying to stop them, and those standing up for their rights
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompts Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since World War Two. We travel back to the Polish border to witness a very different kind of approach to fleeing refugees, cross into Ukraine to speak to the recently displaced, before ending in Ireland to speak to those...
Published 10/22/24
To stop boats crossing the Mediterranean, the EU pays Libyan gangs to abduct migrants at sea and trap them in horrific detention centres. In response, activists are exposing these pushbacks by chartering surveillance aircraft and manning emergency helplines. Meanwhile in Rome some migrants...
Published 10/15/24