About the blog authors
Rich Basas, A Canadian Masters Level Law student educated in Spain, England, and Canada (U of London MA 2003 LL.M., 2007), has worked researching for CSIS and as a Reporter for the Latin America Advisor out of Washington DC. He went on to study his MA in Latin American Political Economy in London with the University of London and LSE. Subsequently, Rich followed his career into Law focusing mostly on International Commerce and EU-Americas issues. He has worked for many commercial and legal organisations as well as within the Refugee Protection Community in Toronto, Canada, representing detained non-status indivduals residing in Canada. Rich will go on to study his PhD in International Law in 2009.
Cathryn Cluver is a journalist and EU analyst based in Hamburg, Germany. She has been writing on international migration since her undergraduate days at Brown University. Cathryn holds a Master’s degree in European Studies from the London School of Economics and has held various positions at CNN in Atlanta and London and the European Policy Centre in Brussels, Belgium.