Overall, the German position on migration has changed a lot since 2015, but this does not mean that the humanitarian, pro-admission narrative has disappeared. While the strategic mistake of six years ago would probably no longer be made by any leading politician in Germany, a kind of polyphony has emerged: though protecting external borders is important, building fences is wrong; or Europe cannot admit everyone, but it must help everyone who reaches the EU’s external borders,” Szabolcs Janik, deputy director of the Migration Research Institute, told Kossuth Radio’s morning news program. The interview can be heard from 07:19.
