Corné Rijneveld

Corné Rijneveld is a regular contributor to Skin Deep on immigration in Europe. This past year, he spent several months volunteering on the Greek island of Samos with an organization that provides relief, informal education and recreational activities to over 800 hundred refugees.

Border walls don’t stop immigration, they make migrants into criminals

As European governments solidify the Aegean edge of Fortress Europe, it’s the portrayal of migrants as criminals that makes their deportation, exploitation and abuse morally digestible to their electorates.

By Corné Rijneveld

/ 23 May 2017