Bigger Than Five conducts an exclusive interview with Col. Michael Bumgarner, the commander of Guantanamo Bay prison from 2005-2006. Among other topics, Bumgarner addresses the treatment of prisoners and allegations that three prisoners died from torture while he was in charge of the prison. A shorter version of this interview aired on Bigger Than Five Episode “Guantanamo Forever” on 10/2/2019.

Bigger Than Five has an exclusive interview with former Guantanamo Bay commander Col. Michael Bumgarner as we look at why the prison remains open a decade after Barack Obama promised to close it.

The US has held prisoners of war and tried terrorism suspects on US soil -- so why is it necessary to continue holding people at Guantanamo?

Bigger Than Five has an exclusive interview with former Guantanamo Bay commander Col. Michael Bumgarner as we look at why the prison remains open a decade after Barack Obama promised to close it.

Is there any justice for those who were tortured at Guantanamo Bay? Bigger than Five speaks to Mohamedou Slahi, who was a prisoner there for 14 years but never charged with a crime.

Sea-Watch 3 was stranded in the Mediterranean for 17 days after the Italian government blocked the German rescue boat from disembarking 40 migrants on its shores. The boat was confiscated. The captain was arrested. Haidi Sadik, who was on the mission, calls on the EU for urgent humanitarian action.

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Faced with pressure from humanitarian organizations, the EU is meeting to broker a deal to overhaul the bloc’s immigration policies. Meanwhile, the European Commission has come under criticism for creating the position of Vice President for “Protecting Our European Way of Life”. What legal-and humanitarian- obligations does Europe have in managing migrant flows? Is externalizing border control to Africa the way forward?

Guests:

Witold Waszczykowski- Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (2015-2018) & Member of the European Parliament

Wendy Williams- Associate Research Fellow at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Emmanuel Matambo- Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Scholar at the Wilson Center’s Africa Program

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Niger has become the central transit hub for migrants attempting to reach Europe. The country has come under pressure from the European Union to implement a law that criminalizes migrant smuggling and to accept thousands of migrants trapped in Libya’s notorious detention centers. Bigger Than Five went to Agadez, in the center of Niger, to speak with some of the people affected by these policies.

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Faced with pressure from humanitarian organizations, the EU is meeting to broker a deal to overhaul the bloc’s immigration policies. Meanwhile, the European Commission has come under criticism for creating the position of Vice President for “Protecting Our European Way of Life”. What legal-and humanitarian- obligations does Europe have in managing migrant flows? Is externalizing border control to Africa the way forward?

Guests:

Witold Waszczykowski- Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (2015-2018) & Member of the European Parliament

Wendy Williams- Associate Research Fellow at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Emmanuel Matambo- Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Scholar at the Wilson Center’s Africa Program

#BiggerThanFive #Africa #migrants

As Israelis vote for the second time this year, some Arabs refuse to participate in a system they say makes them second-class citizens.

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