People walk through the centre of Lesbos, Greece. (c) Owen Humphreys PA Wire/PA Images. All rights reserved.British journalist Daniel Trilling, who won the 2017 Migration Media award, is known for his work on refugees, European borders and migration systems. Trilling’s new book Lights in the Distance: Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe is devoted to stories of people searching for asylum and shelter in the European Union.
I spoke to him about his new book, media coverage and a changing Europe via email.
In 2015, the topic of refugees became one of the key issues for European media and politicians. You, as far as I know, have been writing about refugees long before that. When did you first take up this topic and what was your first material about the stories of asylum seekers?
