All over Europe, Member States should be asking themselves whether their CVE agenda is up to date.

The recent surge of right-wing extremism and growing polarisation, both fuelled by the migrant crisis, are not on the CVE agenda in many countries. At the same time, radicalisation and recruitment is taking place in and around refugee centres.  There are even small numbers of terrorists amongst the large numbers of refugees and migrants. At the RAN CoE Thematic Event, the RAN community of practitioners voiced their concerns that the refugee crisis is exacerbating the already rising tensions and polarisation in society. This justifies are evaluation of CVE policies. Looking at breeding grounds, vulnerability and resilience,  what are the roles of social cohesion, integration and inclusionin CVE?

Download RAN CoE ex-post paper here “The refugee and migrant crisis: new pressing challenges for CVE policies“