How the Refugee Crisis changed the conception of European identity

... concerns. As a consequence, the EU should favour a liberal conception of its identity in order to lessen the rejection of cultural ‘otherness’[12]. It is also crucial that countries offer asylum to refugees without discrimination based on their culture or religion, which is a duty for an organization championing the respect of human rights. [1] Godfrey Baldacchino and Carmen Sammut (2015): The Migration Crisis: No Human is Illegal, The Round Table, DOI: 10.1080/00358533.2015.1112092 [2] Seth M. Holmes and Heide Castaneda (2016) Representing the ‘European refugee crisis’ ...