Lea Ypis "Speech to Europe": Hard Criticism of Migration Policy

For the unofficial opening of the Vienna Festival, Albanian-British political scientist Lea Ypis read the Levites at Jewish Square in the West. She scourged the distinction between "useful and useless migrants."

A political community escapes responsibility when it blames those who do not belong to it for its failure.

At the opening of the Vienna Festival, the Albanian-British political scientist at Judenplatz read the Levites to the West - Europe's values mean "very little if they apply only to a few".

The unofficial launch of the Wiener Festwochen is the "Speech to Europe" at Vienna's Judenplatz. Last year, philosopher Omri Boehm had to give his speech under massive police protection after his attitude to the Israeli-Palestine conflict had caused controversy in advance. On Thursday, Albanian-British political scientist and philosopher Lea Ypi - protected by police and security - spoke about migration and identity.