f.l.t.r.: Dr. Canan Atilgan, David McAllister, Mario Mauro, Zahra Langhi, Dr. Basem Shabb, Dr. Tonio Borg

Zahra Langhi, Director of the Libyan Women's Platform for Peace

Dr. Canan Atilgan, Director of the KAS Regional Office South Mediterranean and Member of European Parliament David McAllister

Dr. Tonio Borg, former European Commissioner and former Maltese Minister for Home Affairs

f.l.t.r.: Zahra Langhi, Dr. Basem Shabb, Dr. Tonio Borg

Mario Mauro, Italian Senator and former Minister of Defense

Question from the audience from Prof. Dr. Hassen Boubakri, Director of the Centre of Tunis for Migration and Asylum

In the context of the EPP Congress in Malta, the KAS Regional Program South Mediterranean on 28 March organized a panel discussion on "Protecting Lives and Controlling Migration" for the delegates and other interested guests. With the event, KAS provided a platform for an engaged discussion on migration, a topic that has emerged as decisive issue in Europe over the last years and has stimulated important debates on how the European Union can and should react to these challenges. The answers to these questions however remain disputed and continue to divide EU member states and to shape domestic debates in European countries.

Panel members included Member of European Parliament David McAllister, Italian Senator Mario Mauro, Libyan civil society activist Zahra Langhi, former European Commissioner Dr. Tonio Borg, and Dr. Basem Shabb, Member of the Lebanese Parliament.