by Carolina Brusoni & Artem Moskvin (KU Leuven) This blog post was written for the course "Current Issues in Global and EU Affairs", which took place from February 11-May 9, 2019. For years, Europe and the US have been Worldwide human rights champions, but some recent developments in treatments of migrant and policies challenge such perception, putting into perspective nothing less than the international Liberal Order itself. Syrian refugees and migrants pass through Slovenia in 2015. Image Credit: Robert Cotič, via Wikimedia Commons During the 2015 immigration crisis, over one million and 800 thousand people have arrived in Europe. The 80% of migrants has travelled through two main corridors: from the Aegean islands and from the land route across the Balkan countries. The images of crowds marching along the roads and those of drifting boats have globally presented the image of a chaotic Europe facing an unexpected and epochal e...