Trapped at the EU border

The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer

Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 274 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

A humanitarian crisis is unfolding at the edge of the EU. Asylum seekers are finding themselves trapped in the forest between Poland and Belarus, caught up in a political game, and literally freezing to death. Marta Górczyńska, a migration lawyer who has been helping some of the new arrivals, explains what's happening on the ground and what international law has to say about this shameful situation. We're also talking about the Council of Europe's hijab fiasco and Italy's mafia maxi-trial. Plus, a tale of cough sweets and generosity. We have some tickets to give away to see some great musical acts, courtesy of our friends at Liveurope! Check out our Instagram and Facebook page for a chance to win tickets to see Priya Ragu in Amsterdam on November 18 and Viagra Boys in Lille on November 23. This episode was produced as part of Sphera, a collective of independent European media. Find out more at sphera-hub.com. Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few euros / dollars / pounds a month at patreon.com/europeanspodcast. You can also help new listeners find the show by leaving us a review. Producers: Katy Lee and Wojciech Oleksiak Senior producer: Katz Laszlo Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina This podcast is part of the Are We Europe family. Find more like-minded European podcasts at areweeurope.com/audio-family. Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | [email protected]

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0:00.0	This podcast is a part of Sphira.
0:01.8	A collective of independent media outlets from across Europe.
0:05.7	For more information, visit Svira-hub.com. Hi Katie.
0:32.9	Hello.
0:33.9	I'm speaking to you from a new recording situation.
0:36.9	I don't think it's quite grand enough to call it a recording studio because it is my cupboard. But it's definitely an upgrade from my previous setup. And I'm hoping it's going to mean that my voice sounds beautifully clear and rounded. The thing I'm a bit worried about though, because I've seen your cupboard in a video call,
0:56.5	it doesn't seem to have any air holes.
0:57.7	You're going to be all right in there?
1:02.5	I hope so, but if I pass out, then will you, like, call some assistance?
1:04.5	If there's any long silences.
1:05.7	I'll call the ambulance.
1:07.5	Anyway, you've been at a tech conference.
1:08.4	How was it?
1:10.9	Yeah, it was really fun. I went to Lisbon for the week,
1:17.1	and probably the funnest thing was that I met up with Andre Degeler from the Tech EU podcast,
1:22.1	who we had on as a guest earlier this year. And he took me to an extremely fun Ukrainian party.
1:25.8	That sounds amazing. I mean, this is not going to come as a surprise to lots of people,
1:27.5	because I think it's quite well known. But let's just say the Ukrainians know how to party, and I had quite a sore head the next day.
1:33.4	Oh dear.
1:34.5	What have we got coming up this week?
1:35.9	Well, for the next two weeks, we've got a bit of a theme.
1:39.4	We're going to be having conversations about the external borders of the European Union.
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