Transatlantic Media Fellowship

As more migrants head to Europe via Morocco, Rabat is taking advantage of its newfound position to extract concessions. 

A large portion of the African and European continents are separated by hundreds of miles of sea, but in Melilla and Ceuta, the barrier is just a few feet of wire and mesh.

The Spanish city of Melilla is a fortified pocket of Spain in Morocco, where young migrants from across Africa gather to attempt the dangerous crossing into the E.U.

Melilla es el enclave más alejado de España en África, separado de Marruecos por una valla de 18 pies que divide al resto de África de la Unión Europea. Esta es la silenciosa crisis migratoria de una ciudad que se ha convertido en una trampa para los menores extranjeros no acompañados que, a través de ella, intentan llegar a Europa.

As rates of migration from sub-Saharan Africa increase, how will Europe protect its most vulnerable asylum seekers?

Helsinki is well accustomed to tense relations with Russia. And yet, Finland has shown little interest in joining the Western military alliance of NATO.

In Czechia, enthusiasm for the West is waning while Russia’s influence is regaining strength. Could the Czechs become a bridge between East and West?

NATO soldiers in Lithuania train for a possible invasion from the East as one in five citizens of the Baltic state fear a Russian attack.

In cooperation with our Warsaw office, we are excited to announce the 2018 international cohort of Transatlantic Media Fellows.