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Migrants in the Mediterranean: mourning deaths, not saving lives

Published on: 23 February 2015

Written by: Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber All articles by Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber

Written by: Maria Giovanna Manieri All articles by Maria Giovanna Manieri

For as long as the humanitarian impulse to rescue the desperate and the destitute is trumped by Europe’s focus on border control, the death toll will rise inexorably.
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A year after Lampedusa: what has changed?

Published on: 2 October 2014

Written by: Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber All articles by Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber

Written by: Mikel Araguás All articles by Mikel Araguás

Written by: Maria Giovanna Manieri All articles by Maria Giovanna Manieri

Twelve months ago, Europe’s conscience was pricked by the sight of the bodies of hundreds of migrants shipwrecked at Lampedusa. But the continued stigmatisation and criminalisation of migrants has allowed securitisation to prevail over protection.