Professor Ellian: “Europe Must Break with the Old Asylum Treaty”

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European migration policy is creaking, warns Afshin Ellian, professor of law at Leiden University. He argues that the 1951 Geneva Convention—the foundation of international asylum law—is outdated and unsuitable for current migration flows. In the WNL podcast "Our Century," he therefore advocates for a fundamental change of course: "We have to get out."