Importing prejudice: why is xenophobia surging in Romania?
While Romania has historically been a country of emigration since the 1989 Revolution, with thousands of people leaving for the...
Migrants and refugees
10 years after Merkel’s “We can do this”
Posted by Thomas Klikauer Turbo-charged by far right tabloids, right-wing populists, and the neo-fascist AfD, Germany continues to be an...
Migrant rights activist: “It is not the presence of a Saudi dissident in Bulgaria, but the infiltration of Saudi influence in the Bulgarian security services that poses a threat to the country”
Statement by an activist from the Solidarity with Migrants - Bulgaria movement This speech was made during a protest in...
“The operation was successful, but the patient died”: Romania, the EU and the far right
Carmen Rafanell, Florentin Cassonnet, Réalité (in French), 30 May 2025 Critic Atac (in Romanian), 5 June 2025 This dialogue...
The recent troubles in Northern Ireland, and what they say about being a foreigner in Europe in 2025
About two week ago, news of xenophobic riots in Northern Ireland flooded social media. The town of Ballymena became synonymous...
The Polish presidential elections in context
Vladimir Mitev, Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat On the night of 1–2 June 2025, the Cross-border Talks team — Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat and Vladimir...
Vladimir Mitev: ‘It is an interesting utopia that the development of our region should take place as a “whole” (in ensemble), in dialogue and mutual enrichment’
Kalina Drenska, dVERSIA, 11 May 2025 In 2025, dVERSIA magazine will publish a new issue. Dversia is celebrating its 10th anniversary!...
Bulgaria: Saudi activist at risk of deportation
Frontline Defenders, 10 March 2025 Bulgarian authorities should suspend any plans to deport Saudi human rights defender Abdulrahman al-Khalidi to Saudi Arabia, and should allow...
Bulgarian authorities defy court ruling and continue illegal detention of Abdulrahman al-Khalidi
Migrant Solidarity Bulgaria, 5 April 2025 Between 2011-2013 journalist Abdulrahman al-Khalidi is an active human rights defender and member of...
First, they came for the Venezuelans
Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute, 25 March 2025 President Donald Trump promised to unleash mass deportations on immigrants during his presidential...
