Gerald Knaus has become almost indispensable in German asylum debates. The Austrian migration researcher is the man with the magic word “Rwanda”. Simsalabim, it’s very simple: Europe will in future process its asylum procedures in safe third countries, for example in Rwanda – and economic migrants are not “discouraged” (not “deterred”, says Knaus) by the prospect of being sent to Rwanda more about the life-threatening journey across the Mediterranean. Knaus has become a kind of guru for the Union parties in Germany.
“Hard but fair”: In the migration debate, the magic word is “Rwanda” – media
