Tara Ansari Esfahani

The EU’s Poland-Belarus blame game can’t cover up a failed asylum policy

The current escalations at the border are not the result of migrating asylum seekers or the actions of smugglers, but rather the political decisions of Belarus, Poland, and the EU.

War at home, and ‘political war’ abroad for Afghan refugees

Afghans have undergone decades of war forcing millions to flee the country. Despite the volatile situation in Afghanistan, the European Union regularly deports refugees back ‘home’ or to third countries.

The jailing of an Afghan for his son's death reveals EU's policy of torture

A series of leaks directly implicate FRONTEX and multiple EU member states in taking part in pushbacks in the Aegean Sea in support with the Greek Coast Guard.