Towards a Humane Refugee Policy for the European Union

Towards a Humane Refugee Policy for the European Union outlines a clear and detailed proposal on how to engage municipalities and civil society initiatives in the relocation and reception of migrants and asylum seekers.

The proposals that the book contains do not represent a panacea for the EU’s migration and refugee policy: migration is too complex a phenomenon for that, and it needs to be tackled at many levels. However, the ideas and tools that the book illustrates will undoubtedly benefit both the communities hosting newcomers and the newcomers themselves.

Gesine Schwan is the president of the Berlin Governance Platform (formerly the HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA Governance Platform), a former professor of political sciences at the Free University of Berlin, and the chair of the SPD Commission for Basic Values.