Refugee/migrant crisis

2015

Interviews

Talitha Ilacqua
Occupation: Historian at the University of Oxford
Jan Zielonka
Occupation: Professor of European Politics, University of Oxford
Nathalie Tocci
Occupation: Director of Istituto Affari Internazionali
Lisa Yasko
Occupation: Member of the Parliament of Ukraine
Greg Bond
Occupation: Lecturer in Mediation and Communication at Technische Hochschule Wildau
Gloria
Born: 1985
Occupation: High school teacher
Location: Spain
Maeve
Occupation: Research Centre Manager
Sacha
Born: 1992
Occupation: Linguistic Services
Location: Spain
Name withheld
Occupation: Sociology student and activist
Location: Germany
Aleksandra Owczarska
Born: 1994
Occupation: Paralegal
Udit Bhatia
Born: 1991
Occupation: Junior Research Fellow, Jesus College, University of Oxford
Location: Germany
Maria Castello Branco
Born: 1999
Occupation: Student and Political Activist
Location: Portugal
Koert Debeuf
Born: 1974
Occupation: Editor in Chief, EUobserve
Elisabeth du Parc
Born: 1995
Occupation: Data Analyst
Location: Belgium
Daniela Garrido
Born: 1981
Occupation: Orthoptist
Location: Portugal
Andreas Graf
Born: 1987
Occupation: Manager of a think tank
Location: Germany
János Kele
Born: 1991
Occupation: Cohesion policy expert and economist
Location: Hungary
Dominic Kraemer
Born: 1988
Occupation: Opera singer and podcaster
Luisa Melloh
Born: 1994
Occupation: Research Manager & Personal Assistant
Location: Oxford
Maria Pancewicz
Born: 2001
Occupation: High school student
Location: Poland
Han Renard
Born: 1973
Occupation: Journalist
Location: Belgium
András Stefanovsky
Born: 1996
Occupation: Civil servant
Location: Hungary
Marco Tabilio
Born: 1987
Occupation: Illustrator, comic author, designer
Location: Italy
Antonia Zimmermann
Born: 1995
Occupation: Student

Full list of project interviewees

The ‘refugee crisis’ also called the ‘migrant crisis’ dominated media attention throughout Europe in 2015. Thousands of migrants, including children, died at sea during the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea, which was controlled by smugglers, national governments, and international bodies. The crisis revealed the EU’s asylum policies as a failure.