The dangers of the EU's quick fix approach to migration
The European Union must prioritise conflict prevention and peacebuilding policies to address why migrants and refugees from the Horn of Africa are travelling to Europe.
9 November 2015
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The European Union must prioritise conflict prevention and peacebuilding policies to address why migrants and refugees from the Horn of Africa are travelling to Europe.
9 November 2015On 12 March, Saferworld organised a roundtable in Brussels titled 'Putting people at the heart of security: reviewing approaches, exploring solutions'.
11 May 2015Conflict and instability are central drivers of migration, so effective conflict prevention and peacebuilding policies – not isolationist and anti-immigration responses – are key to addressing the current migrant crisis in Europe, says Saferworld’s Brie O’Keefe.
1 May 2015Gender norms and relations play a substantive role in conflict and peace dynamics, so a strong gender perspective must be an integral part of community security projects. Julie Brethfeld, Saferworld’s Conflict and Security Adviser, explains how Saferworld’s community security approach creates spaces where diverse gender groups feel able to express their security concerns, and can eventually take measures to address and prevent gender-based violence and change gender norms.
27 January 2015It is not just France’s credibility at stake over the way it has handled a sale of two Mistral class assault ships to Russia, says Roy Isbister, but the credibility of the whole EU Common Position on arms transfers.
21 November 2014Selon Roy Isbister, ce n’est pas seulement la crédibilité de la France qui est menacée par la manière dont le pays a géré la vente de deux porte-hélicoptères d’assaut Mistral à la Russie, mais la crédibilité de la Position commune de l’UE sur les transferts d’armes toute entière.
21 November 2014In 2011 France agreed a contract to supply Russia with two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships - the first major arms sale to Russia by a NATO state.
21 November 2014In Bangladesh, Nepal, South Sudan, and Tajikistan, Saferworld has established community security programmes that focus on building trusting relationships between communities and security providers. Kloe Tricot O'Farrell highlights how this approach is enabling them to address together the causes, consequences, and risks of conflict and insecurity, and find solutions to strengthen the conditions for sustainable peace.
23 October 2014In an article first published in EurActiv for International Peace Day Executive Director Paul Murphy examines why it is time for the EU to take innovative approaches to peacebuilding on board.
19 September 2014Since the 1990s donors and other actors have increasingly recognised that security and development are mutually dependent.
18 September 2014