Dr. Jeff Crisp is a Research Associate at Oxford University’s Refugee Studies Centre, policy advisor to the NGO Refugees International and former head of evaluation at UNHCR.
The EU-Turkey refugee deal is just the latest effort of EU members trying to keep refugees out. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on the future of refugee protection.
Unless the Syrian refugee emergency is treated as a truly global responsibility, we cannot expect hard-pressed countries in the region to maintain the generosity they have demonstrated since the crisis erupted.