VPRO meet-up: The gates of Europe

With three years of access to the controversial European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex, this VPRO series investigates how Europe guards its borders. Across four episodes, it follows the agency’s new director, border guards, politicians, activists, and survivors. Can Europe protect its borders while also upholding human rights? Using the series ‘The Gates of Europe’ as a starting point, we discuss the featured individuals and the dilemmas they face. From the director of Frontex to survivors, politicians, and civilian aid workers – their perspectives coexist, yet they rarely see or hear one another. Tonight, they come together to place the series in a broader context.

With David Yambio (Executive Director at Refugees in Libya & Human Rights Defender), Hans Leijtens (Executive director Frontex), Tineke Strik (Europarlementarier namens GroenLinks) and Melanie Fink (Associate Professor of European Law at Leiden University).

This program is in English.