The author of the 'Representations of the Other, Perceptions of the migrant in France, 1870-2022' and senior research fellow at CNRS, Catherine Wihtol de Wenden discusses European migration policy and the quagmire of creating a status for environmental refugees.
For many European countries, the arrival of war refugees has caused domestic political upheaval. But one tiny European nation has actively welcomed those fleeing Syria. That country is Armenia, a country of just three million people in the south Caucasus region. And as Christian Cummins found out, this open-arms policy has cultural, historical and pragmatic roots.
The Yazidis are back in the spotlight after a Yazidi woman co-won the Nobel Peace Prize. But who are the Yazidis and where are they now living around Europe?