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Can migration be controlled?

March 16, 2023

The number of refugees coming to Europe has spiked this year. The continent is teetering between isolation and recruitment. Our guests: Gerald Knaus (migration expert), Vendeline von Bredow (economist), Mekonnen Mesghena (Heinrich Böll Foundation)

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Gerald Knaus is founding chairman of the European Stability initiative ESI

 

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Mekonnen Mesghena is head of the migration and diversity department at Germany’s Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

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Vendeline von Bredow is European business and finance correspondent for The Economist magazine.
 

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