"Golden cage" - How Europe's borders are restricting freedom of movement

borderline-europe has been reporting on Europe's external borders for years. But the EU's mechanism of closure is also evident at Europe's internal national borders. Survivors of the dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean cannot move freely in Europe even after arriving in Italy or Greece. Ventimiglia on the Italian-French border is an important place for crossing the border towards Northern Europe as well as for the EU's display of power. Read here (in german), why we are therefore in a "golden cage".

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