Europe's borders, migration and what we no longer see Ten years after the refugee crisis, journalist Anders Redder travels to understand how Europe became Fortress Europe. From the Sahel region in
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Europe's borders, migration and what we no longer see Ten years after the refugee crisis, journalist Anders Redder travels to understand how Europe became Fortress Europe. From the Sahel region of Africa to Europe's outer borders, he meets people on the run, local communities marked by conflict and politicians who are shaping a new Europe behind barbed wire, border walls and increasingly harsh migration policies.
In this author talk, Anders Redder takes the audience up close to the places where Europe's borders become reality. Through personal stories, reportage and political analysis, the talk examines what has happened to Europe since the refugee crisis and why so much of it is happening far away from the public eye. At the same time, the talk opens up a larger question:
What happens to a society when we lose connection to what lies on the periphery, both geographically and humanly?