Meloni’s Asylum Plan Gains Support
The EU would pay non-member states in Europe and North Africa to shelter asylum seekers.
Nick Ottens is a journalist, former political risk consultant and former research manager for XPRIZE, where he designed prize competitions to incentivize breakthrough innovation in agriculture, food and health care. He has reported from Amsterdam, Barcelona and New York for various Dutch- and English-language media, including the Atlantic Council, EUobserver, NRC, Trouw and World Politics Review.
Nick writes about the politics of France, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States in Atlantic Sentinel and Wynia’s Week. In his spare time, he edits the online magazines Never Was and Forgotten Trek.
He is a member of the Netherlands’ liberal party, VVD, and its Liberal Green network.
The EU would pay non-member states in Europe and North Africa to shelter asylum seekers.
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