Beyond Borders? Progressive Migrationspolitik in Zeiten des Rechtsrutsches

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Payment cards for refugees, camps at the EU's external borders, calls for more consistent deportations: the mood towards refugees is currently extremely heated, and the political mainstream is also shifting more and more to the right. Refugees are being scapegoated and antagonised, while human rights and human dignity are being pushed into the background. Yet more people worldwide are fleeing hunger, war, persecution and torture than ever before. Migration has always existed and will continue to exist, especially in times of climate crisis. Our society, but also politicians, must adapt to this and set the course now for a human rights-orientated migration policy. But how can this be achieved in times of a shift to the right? What would be politically necessary now for a progressive migration policy? And how can we create social acceptance for migration?

We discuss these questions with Erik Marquardt, Member of the European Parliament specialising in migration policy, Doreen Deenstädt, Minister of Migration, Madeleine Henfling, spokesperson for domestic policy in the state parliament and Dr Daniel Stahl from the Thuringian Refugee Council.