Here we go again: another year, another (visual) review of all that has affected European borders in 2019. Brexit (once again) took center stage, but also Schengen’s ‘internal’ borders, migrants crossing the Meditteranean, and more refugee art… Enjoy!

 

December

Internal border checks within Schengen: no more needed, and yet…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November

New powers for Europe’s border agency

 

 

 

 

 

 

The revival of the “Balkan mini Schengen”

 

 

 

 

 

 

October

Johnson’s Brexit deal and Nothern Ireland: hard border with Great Britain?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Croatia as new Schengen member: The Commission says yes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

September

Still at it! Turkey ups pressure on visa-free entry into EU

 

 

 

 

 

 

August

‘Makes Me Sick’: Ai Weiwei Says Europe Has Turned Its Back on Refugees

 

 

 

 

 

July

Banksy’s Brexit mural mysteriously disappears…

 

 

 

 

 

 

June

Angels Unaware | Timothy P. Schmalz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 2019

Banksy resurfaces in Venice…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April

Check check check! Austria prolongs border controls with Hungary and Slovenia

 

 

 

 

 

 

March

Teenage African migrants accused of hijacking tanker

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU ends migrant rescue mission in the Mediterranean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February

African states say no to EU migrant camp plans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January

We end as we started… – Hassan Fazili on the refugee journey