Ignasi Calbó and Ramón Sanahuja discuss the division of labour between local and national actors when it comes to welcoming refugees. Duration: 2:09.
Cameron: Welcome to openDemocracy. How would you describe what Europe is facing at the moment?
Ignasi: We always talk about the five myths relating to the ‘unprecedented crisis around refugees’ in Europe. We think, firstly, that this is not a refugee crisis. It is more a crisis for asylum, or the right to asylum – or one could say a humanitarian crisis, not so huge in terms of numbers, but it is a management crisis. Secondly, it is not unprecedented. Look at Bosnia in the 90s or Rwanda, or Congo, or the Central African Republic.
