The latest migrant boat tragedies have resulted in more than one thousand deaths in just one week. Those who died were fleeing from war, terror and economic deprivation. Many face such a desperate situation in their home countries that they are willing to risk death in order to reach Europe. Can the EU help these refugees? Does it even want to? Or is it determined to keep the migrants out?
Tell us what you think: quadriga(at)dw.de
Guests:
Johannes Leithäuser - historian, political scientist and an economist. His areas of expertise include domestic politics, as well as European and foreign affairs.
Daniel Gerlach – founder and editor-in-chief of Zenith, a German magazine focusing on politics, economics and culture in the Middle East. Also a co-founder of the German publishing house Levante Verlag.
Houssam Aldeen - Syrian journalist who has been living since the end of 2012 in exile in Berlin. In his home country he worked as a theater director and as a documentary filmmaker. Now he is working for a refugee project with Reporters Without Borders.
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