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Al Jazeera
30-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Marianna Karakoulaki Today's latest from Al Jazeera
Marianna Karakoulaki Marianna Karakoulaki is a journalist focusing on migration and the far right in Europe. She is currently a PhD researcher in Political Science and Int... more ernational Studies at the University of Birmingham researching the life and death at the European borders. She's a Director at E-International Relations and co-editor of Critical Perspectives on Migration in the Twenty-First Century.


Al Jazeera
10-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Is suspending asylum requests the right way to curb immigration?
Athens warns it will now arrest people entering Greece without authorisation from North Africa. Greece has suspended asylum applications for people arriving by sea for three months. That has come about after a large rise in the number of people crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to the Greek island of Crete. list of 3 items list 1 of 3 list 2 of 3 list 3 of 3 end of list Athens wants to stop their boats from even entering Greek waters. Human rights groups said denying them asylum is against international law. So can a change in policy really stop people heading to Europe? Are North African countries able to help in reducing the number of boats? And what are the likely outcomes of this suspension? Presenter: Adrian Finighan Guests: Eleni Spathana – lawyer with Refugee Support Aegean and author of Legal Assistance for Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Greece Amine Snoussi – political analyst and journalist Marianna Karakoulaki – researcher at Birmingham University focusing on forced migration on Europe's Eastern Mediterranean migratory route