Martina Tazzioli

Martina Tazzioli is Lecturer in Politics & Technology at Goldsmiths, University of London. She works on migration and borders in the Mediterranean region.

The EU hotspot approach at Lampedusa

The hotspot works as a preemptive frontier, with the double goal of blocking migrants at Europe’s southern borders, and simultaneously impeding the highest number possible of refugees from claiming asylum.

By Glenda Garelli and Martina Tazzioli

/ 26 Feb 2016

Mediterranean migration crisis: transit points, enduring struggles

The fracturing demands a rethink of the terms usually employed for describing migration movements, such as ‘route’ and ‘border crossing.’ Introduction to a rethink.

By Glenda Garelli, Martina Tazzioli and Leonie Ansems de Vries

/ 25 Feb 2016