How the Refugee Crisis changed the conception of European identity

... hand, the 1951 Refugee Convention and its principle of non-refoulement binds the EU to accept refugees; on the other hand, governments have to respond to their people’s anxieties regarding change and diversity. Therefore, to what extent is the Refugee Crisis altering the conception of European identity? The reactions of European countries have been poles apart. Hungary made clear that migrants were unwelcomed and built walls and fences[1]; thus reflecting the idea that refugees are not deserving peoples and that they are threatening the ...