The current refugee and asylum policy of the European Union is cynical, only a few in Brussels and Berlin, Paris and Rome want to say it loud and open. An essay on the issue of migration in this feuilleton last week named the problem with great clarity, which requires courage – but then came to a surprising conclusion: that explicit and open cynicism is now necessary, as Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser is showing with her plans for registration centers and camps at the EU’s external borders apparently intends to practice. The high moral demands of the Germans on the issue of migration, which have so far been a brake, promoted political right-wing extremism. In this situation, only a necessary cynicism in asylum and refugee policy could prevent the EU from breaking up because of the migration issue.
Gesine Schwan: Plea for an innovative migration policy – culture
