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A terror attack committed by a Syrian national turned the spotlight on the legal pitfalls and practical dysfunctionalities of the Common European Asylum System: the authorities had tried without success to return the murderer to Bulgaria. The event accelerated a heated German debate about the reform of German and European asylum policy. Professor Thym actively joined this debate in the prominent PUBLIC TELEVISION TALK SHOW FORMAT ‘MARKUS LANZ’ (in German). The consequences of the attack also featured in a 30 minute VIDEO CHAT WITH FOCUS, the public television ZDF HEUTE JOURNAL UPDATE and an interview with BAYERN 2 – DIE WELT AM MORGEN. Expert opinion can be found in contributions by TAGESTHEMEN, HEUTE JOURNAL, TABLE.BRIEFINGS, THE PIONEER, DER SPIEGEL, BILD, FOCUS ONLINE, DIE WELT und ZDF HEUTE (all in German).