EU-Views: Maria Cristina Nisco
Name: Maria Cristina Nisco
Nationality: Italian
Occupation(s): Visiting Researcher at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies Center for the Study of Europe (Spring 2016); Research Fellow in English language and linguistics at the University of Naples L’Orientale
Connection to Europe: European citizen; studies migration, ethnic and gender diversity in EU legal discourse
Date of interview: April 26, 2016
This episode is a conversation with Maria Cristina Nisco, a Research Fellow in English language and linguistics at the University of Naples L’Orientale, about the impacts of the current migration crisis. She discusses the geographical and political inequalities between EU Member States located at the periphery and emphasizes the clashes between national and European interests. Nisco speaks about the gap between European texts and European case law, commenting on the trend of Member States avoiding the burden of migrants rather than working to integrate and protect asylum seekers.