The controversy around the Global Compact for Migration is still very much alive. New right parties all over the world find each other in their fight against it. But what is this Compact really about? Is it really a treath to the nations worlwide? And what about human rights?
You can now read all about it, in this new Diggit File.
After weeks of controversy around the Global Compact for Migration, Diggit Magazine asked Professor Leo Lucassen to put the debate and the Compact itself in a larger context.
Dr. Ico Maly from Tilburg University recently published 'De hedendaagse antiverlichting' (The contemporary anti-Enlightenment). In this video he explains how politicians are propagating anti-Enlightenment ideas under the flag of 'democracy', and why — within this discourse — the nation is key.
The Global Compact for Migration has "evidence-based public discourse" as one of its objectives. Remarkably, this requirement has led to huge controversy. Are we moving towards a fact-free open society?
Mark Elchardus schiet in De Morgen met scherp op de Marrakesh-verklaring. Het pact vertrekt niet vanuit het categorische onderscheid tussen ‘legale en illegale migratie’. Dat is de hedendaagse antiverlichtingstraditie in vol ornaat.
