Is suspending asylum requests the right way to curb immigration?

Greece has suspended asylum applications for radical arriving by oversea for 3 months.

That has travel astir aft a ample emergence successful the fig of radical crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to the Greek land of Crete.

Athens wants to halt their boats from adjacent entering Greek waters.

Human rights groups said denying them asylum is against planetary law.

So tin a alteration successful argumentation truly halt radical heading to Europe? Are North African countries capable to assistance successful reducing the fig of boats? And what are the apt outcomes of this suspension?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Eleni Spathana – lawyer with Refugee Support Aegean and writer of Legal Assistance for Asylum Seekers and Refugees successful Greece

Amine Snoussi – governmental expert and journalist

Marianna Karakoulaki – researcher astatine Birmingham University focusing connected forced migration connected Europe’s Eastern Mediterranean migratory route