Migrants and refugees … causes and consequences

Anne Sinclair receives Hélène Thiollet, political scientist specializing in migration to try to take stock of the issue of migrants and refugees.

More than a million refugees arrived in Europe in 2015 … What is the difference between migrant and refugees? Why did you leave your country? What about the tightening of European migration policies? …

Listen to this long interview (in french)  which discusses the causes and consequences of the migration crisis confronting Europe today.

 


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